Maverick City Music co-founder Chandler Moore days before announcing his sudden departure from the Grammy-winning worship collective, he sued the group’s CEO for allegedly stealing millions of dollars of rests from him. The lawsuit in the civil fraud, obtained by Billboard, was filed last Wednesday (October 1) by Moore’s attorneys in the Atlanta Federal Court. Five days later, Monday (October 6), Moore announced on social media that he was leaving Maverick City Music and focusing on solo projects. Target in the lawsuit The lawsuit calls several corporate entities, including Maverick City Music and the group’s label. Tripl Records. But the primary target is Norman Gyammfi, who was the manager of Moore before buying a real estate interest in Maverick City Music and eventually became the CEO of the collective in 2023. Confirmations of breach of trust “Moore has accepted great confidence and confidence in Gyammfi’s guidance in his business and financial decisions,” the complaint states. “However, Gyammfi abused his power and the confidence that Moore granted to him.” Demanding secret self-trade in 2021 The lawsuit claims that Gyammfi’s self-dissertation began in 2021, when he mediated the sale of the masters of Maverick City Music to Sony Distribution without saying or saying that he would receive a commission of the agreement. The alleged forgery and royalties in 2022 then Moore says that Gyammfi secretly directs essential music publishing in 2022, Sony’s Christian Music Publishing Division, directly to pay all Moore’s songwriter’s regions directly to Maverick City Music. To make this happen, Gyammfi allegedly forged Moore’s signature on a co-publication agreement that assigned half of all his composition rights to the group. According to the lawsuit, Moore signed a final contract with Maverick City Music in 2024. Moore says he fulfilled his obligations by writing new music and completing a tour, but that Gyammfi and his associates withhold more than $ 800,000 in royalties under the agreement. Moore eventually claims that Gyammfi stole millions of dollars from him through these different forms of offense. The singer brings a lot of civil claims against Gyammfi, including breach of contract, forgery and repentance, and he seeks financial damages, as well as a court order that annulls all his contracts with Maverick City music. “Defendants’ greed, exploitation and misappropriation of Moore’s assets and intellectual property have deprived the plaintiffs of their contractually royalties, assets, fees and ownership interests,” the lawsuit states. Attorney is committed to protecting Moore’s interests one of Moore’s attorneys, Sam Lipshie of the law firm Bradley Arant, told Billboard on Tuesday (October 7): “This law firm is privileged to represent Chandler Moore, an extraordinary artist and person.” “Like many talented creators and artists, Chandler faces situations where his trust and talent were utilized in different ways,” says Lipshie. “We are fully committed to helping Chandler solve the directly his judicial legal matters and helping him move freely forward to continue building the even impactful career that lies ahead of him.” Maverick City Music denies the allegations Maverick City Music responded to Moore’s allegations in a long statement from Instagram on Wednesday (October 8) of co -founder Jonathan Jay. According to the statement, the claims of the lawsuit are “very false” and “calculated attempts to arm a way out of the agreements that Chandler has freely and later violated.” “To be clear: the demands made against me, against Norman and against our businesses are categorically false,” Jay wrote. “Our business with Chandler was straight, generous and above reproach. We acted in good faith, gave more than needed and continuously extensive grace. Any allegations of crimes are simply not true, and we welcome a complete and honest investigation, because the truth will speak by itself.”
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