Wyclef Jean is
broke and owes more than
2.5 million dollars in tax lines. His business manager
confirmed the news to
The Smoking Gun recently.
An email reportedly sent by the rapper's accountant,
David
Levin, in January to the
Jean's creditors confirmed
the former
Fugees' financial state, as he stated that, "in my
most professional verbiage…there ain't no money."
Levin's email
was sent out in response to threats from the singer's creditor's threats of
impending court action against
Jean.
According to latest reports, the Haitian artist and producer reportedly said
he would pay $100,000 to entertainment law firm
Shukat Arrow Hafer Weber
& Herbsman to settle an outstanding bill of $133,000. The
rapper/producer was requested to pay his outstanding debt with the law firm via
two installments: $10,000 by last August 1 and another $50,000 by the end of
last year.
But it is alleged that Jean did not make any payments to the firm. The
alleged agreement stated that if
Jean made the two payments
totaling $60,000, the law firm would waive the remaining $40,000. But if he
failed to make good on the agreement, an additional ten percent annual interest
would be added to the $100,000. At this time,
Jean
reportedly
owes
the firm $102,027.40.
Reports claim Jean's current legal predicament isn't the first time he's had
to pay off a debt. The rapper was questioned about the handling of finances for
his now defunct organization,
Yele Haiti following the Haitian
earthquake. According to reports, the non-profit foundation collected more than
$16 million in donations following a series of earthquakes that
destroyed the island's capital city, Port-Au-Prince.
It is likely
Yele Haiti ultimately left a string of upset
creditors upon closing in 2012.
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