Pitbull is facing legal action after an Australian promoter accused him of failing to show up for a concert last year.
The Cuban-American star, real name Christian Perez, was due to perform at the 2008 event but allegedly missed it, despite receiving half the fee upfront. Officials at Suave Productions are suing Pitbull for the no-show and filed the lawsuit last week, accusing him of a blatant violation of their signed business agreement.
The promoter's spokesperson, Jamie Fernandez, tells AllHipHop.com, "It’s unfortunate that it had to come to this. I am a huge Pitbull fan. I’ve always been the first person in Perth to play his music, but justice must be done. He can say whatever he wants about why he did not get on the plane but we would rather leave it up to the courts to decide who failed to fulfil their end of the contract.”
And Fernandez insists they tried to best accommodate the Florida-based star, saying, "We did everything we could to make him happy, sometimes even going that extra mile in order to meet his demands. But yet he still refused to get on the plane. Not only that, he also failed to notify (us) that he wasn’t coming and also kept half the money for doing nothing at all.”
Pitbull has been served a Statement of Claim over the accusations and a court date for the lawsuit is yet to be set. Ironically, the news of the lawsuit broke on the day the rapper was receiving the key to his native Miami, Florida.
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