Prince est poursuivi par ses propres avocats pour factures impayées de plus de 700 000 dollars.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2011/ ... z1FSWpfQXRPrince owes us $700,000, Manhattan law firm claims in suit
By New York Daily News new York Daily News – Wed Mar 2, 11:18 am ET
Jose Martinez, DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Prince has become a purple pain for a Manhattan law firm that says he owes a lot of green.
Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler, in suing the legendary musician, says he owes the firm more than $700,000 in legal fees.
The legal team represented the "Purple Rain" megastar in his divorce and in cases in Ireland, California and New York and says he came up short when it came to paying the bill.
The Manhattan Supreme Court suit says Prince, whose full name is Prince Rogers Nelson, paid only $125,000 for the firm's legal services.
"Nonetheless, the Nelson Parties have failed to pay an additional $708,687.04 due to PBWT," the suit says. "PBWT has repeatedly but unsuccessfully requested payment frm the Nelson Parties."
A lawyer for the firm did not return a call, while Prince could not be reached for comment at his Paisley Park Enterprises headquarters in Minnesota.
The firm represented Prince in a New York case where a perfume company sued him for failing to promote "3121", which was billed as a "sexy scent" packaged in a purple box.
Its lawyers also worked on finalizing his divorce; on suits for concerts he canceled in Dublin and California; and when he sued over a rented Beverly Hills mansion.
The litigious little man also got sued in 2006 by NBA star Carlos Boozer for adding too much purple, '3121' and his famous symbol to the jock's Hollywood home, which he was renting for $70,000 a month.