R. Kelly sues promoter over Dallas no-show

Kelly, currently the defendant in a lawsuit from the promoter of an aborted concert in Texas, claims John Mosley acted without his consent in accepting a $100,000 fee

Kelly in Atlantic City during the Light it Up tour © Nicholas Ballasy

R. Kelly is suing a Chicago concert promoter for defamation, alleging that the man, John Mosley, posed as his representative and collected US$100,000 for a show in Dallas about which he had no knowledge.

Over $105,000 worth of tickets were sold for the concert, set for 23 April 2015 at the Music Hall at Fair Park (3,450-cap.), before the Houston-based promoter of the concert, Darryl Austin, was slapped with a cease-and-desist order by Kelly’s lawyers, who said the singer had never agreed to perform. Austin,…

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