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Kelly Clarkson Sues Ex-Husband to Affirm, Possibly Expand Her $2.6 Million Labor Award

Kelly Clarkson has filed a cross-complaint against ex Brandon Blackstock after he demanded a new trial over her $2.6 million labor commission award.

The new filing came after Blackstock essentially appealed the November ruling on Dec. 1, 2023, saying in a petition that he and his family-run management firm, Starstruck Entertainment, were entitled to a separate, full-blown trial on the dispute in Los Angeles County Superior Court. The commission found that Blackstock wasn’t properly licensed when he procured Clarkson’s judging gig on NBC’s The Voice as well as contracts with Wayfair, Norwegian Cruise Lines (NCL), and the Billboard Music Awards. “It is morally, ethically and legally wrong to attempt to get monies back from your ex-husband who not only helped her as her manager but who used those earnings on their children and Kelly and Brandon’s lifestyle during the marriage,” Blackstock’s lawyer, Bryan Freedman, tells Rolling Stone in response to the cross-complaint.

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