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Michael Jackson concert promoter being sued for fraud
by Joseph Ernest January 25, 2011
Newscast Media SUMMERSIDE, Prince Edward Island -- A Michael Jackson concert promoter is being sued by the The City of Summerside, P.E.I., for fraud, saying it paid $1.3 million for a Michael Jackson tribute concert that did not exist.
Summerside city filed papers Monday in a San Jose, Calif., courthouse against Katrina Berg Sussmeier and her promotion company, Starlink Productions. The city claims Sussmeier promised it could host the first concert of an official Jackson tribute, featuring stars such as Beyonce, Justin Timberlake, Rihanna and Usher.
"In reality," reads the statement of claim, "the Michael Jackson Tribute Show was, from start to finish, an elaborate fraud."
Courthouse papers say the city wired two separate payments of $650,000 to the promoter: the first in July 2009, the month after Jackson died, and the other in March 2010. The second payment was sent to the promoter despite red flags already being raised for the city. In addition for compensation for unspecified damages, the city is suing to get back $1.3 million in taxpayers money.
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