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21 August 2005
Rod Stewart In Court Over
Cancelled Casino Gig
Rock
star Rod Stewart and gambling giant Harrah's
Entertainment are
headed to federal court in Nevada in a dispute over a
cancelled casino concert.
The Harrah's-owned Rio
hotel-casino accuses Stewart of breach of contract,
contending he has no right to keep around £1 million
for a cancelled December 30, 2000, show in Las
Vegas.
Stewart's lawyer, Louis
"Skip" Miller of Los Angeles, said the show was cancelled
after Stewart underwent thyroid cancer surgery in May
2000.
"The man had cancer," Mr
Miller said. "He had to have surgery. His voice didn't
recover in time. He's now fully recovered and he's willing
and able to perform the concert. They won't let
him."
Harrah's spokesman David
Strow said the company would not comment on a pending
case.
Mr Miller said he intends
to call the raspy-voiced singer and Harrah's Chairman Gary
Loveman as witnesses in the civil trial scheduled to begin
on Tuesday before US District Judge Larry Hicks in Las
Vegas.
In court documents, the
Rio said it hired Stewart to perform as part of a New Year's
Eve weekend and, "the parties agreed to rescheduling only in
narrow, specified circumstances not present
here".
The judge is expected to
rule before trial whether lawyers for Harrah's can tell
jurors in Las Vegas about a Los Angeles County Superior
Court judgment in November ordering Stewart to repay Nearly
£400,000 he received for a cancelled 2002 Latin America
concert tour. The Los Angeles jury also assessed around
£800,000 in damages against Stewart's lawyers and
agents for their roles in negotiating that
contract.
Mr Miller said the case
was being appealed and is not relevant to the Las Vegas
case.
"Different time period,
different tour, different contract," he said. "It has
nothing to do with this."
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