VINCE NEIL's Business Manager Suing MTLEY CRE

June 14, 2008

E. Thomas Wood of NashvillePost.com reports that Burt Stein, business manager of MTLEY CRE lead singer Vince Neil, has filed suit against the band in Nashville's federal court. He accuses the band and its management of trying to cut him out of the percentage of revenues he has shared in for many years.

In his legal complaint, available at this location (PDF file),Stein claims that band manager Allen Kovac has been threatening to sue him over the 1.875 percent cut he receives from the band's earnings as Neil's personal manager.

Kovac and the band did in fact file suit against Stein in Los Angeles on Wednesday the same day Stein filed his lawsuit. Celeb-watching website TMZ.combroke the news of that lawsuit soon after it was filed.

The two sides portray Stein's relationship with the band differently. Kovac's lawsuit says Stein used to manage the band itself and that he is entitled to nothing now that the band has switched to a new manager. Stein calls himself Neil's manager, and press accounts indicate that he has occupied that role. Stein even reportedly served as best man in Neil's wedding.

A photo of Vince Neil, ZRock's Kristie and Burt Stein at the 10th annual Skylar Neil Memorial Golf Tournament on May 5, 2006, in Simi Valley, California can be found at ZRock.com.

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