(EXCLUSIVE) Fantasia & Brandy Dragged Into Ex-Publicist Lawsuit

The lawsuit claimed that following Fantasia hiring Barnes for PR, the singer’s manager told Barnes that the V.P. at Sony – Sarah Dennison – disliked him and wanted him to be fired so bad that she threatened to screw over Fantasia’s career.

Barnes said that Fantasia’s manager told him that the Sony V.P. claimed that he had a reputation for “shady business practices”, but Barnes said that was code language for racism. Further, he said he only met the V.P. once so she had no reason to have a negative opinion about him.

Barnes filed suit against Sony Music and the V.P. for ruining his good name in the music world and for emotional stress, and demanded $250k in damages. Sony Music fired back claiming the whole lawsuit should be dismissed.

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According to docs filed in the case recently, both Fantasia and Brandy will have to sit-down and be deposed about the claimed racial accusations between their former PR rep and Sony Music.

The documents state that a substantial amount of depositions will take place in the case,  including two recording artists and their managers. See the exclusive court docs.

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