News Russell Brand sued for £220,000 for failing to write two self-help books

[AgentPete]

A lot of interesting points arising in this...

Russell Brand is reportedly being sued for £200,000 after failing to write two self help books, in a deal that was signed before he was accused of sex abuse by four women.

Book magnates Pan Macmillan are said to have commissioned two self-help books from the disgraced comedian in 2021, offering him a total of £575,000 for 'two original literary works of non-fiction'.

Brand, 49, is said to have received £75,000 upfront for his first book and £142,000 for his second - with the remaining £179,500 due after he had finished the manuscripts and completed the surrounding promotional work.

But the publishing giant reportedly terminated his contract after a series of women accused him of sexual assaults. He denies the allegations and claims the relationships were consensual.

Now Pan Macmillan has filed to reclaim £220,000 of 'wasted expenditure' from Brand and his company, Pablo Diablo's Legitimate Business Firm, The Times report.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...ling-write-two-self-help-books-sex-abuse.html

 

[Pamela Jo]

I suppose he could have just used Ai, so there is that.

 

[E G Logan]

That figure represents only £3,000 over and above the return of his advances – I wonder how PanMac arrived at it. Any ideas @AgentPete ?

 

[AgentPete]

I can’t see any news update on this,although it may take a while to grind through the courts. If anyone has seen anything newer, please post.

@E G Logan - PM seem to be simply claiming return of monies paid under a contract that they say Brand breached and did not rectify. Other contingent claims might be harder to substantiate, i.e. since they never received those manuscripts, they didn’t incur editing costs, etc.

Brand was a big deal for them at one point, e.g.:

https://www.panmacmillan.co.za/authors/russell-brand/recovery/9781509850860

It will be an interesting case to follow…