“That prison sentence did not stop the manager from continuing to believe in the artist and to work towards the continuation of his career, while working for the artist twenty-four hours a day seven days a week, without receiving any pay,” Eli’s lawyers wrote at the time. In his complaint, Eli said he had been surprised by the move because he had worked tirelessly to advance the star’s career, including during Anuel’s months-long stint in prison after pleading guilty to a gun possession charge. The deal allegedly entitled Eli to 10% of Anuel’s gross earnings.

4 the manager filed a lawsuit against Anuel in Florida state court, alleging he had been “unilaterally terminated” from their shared company, despite a seven-year contract that hadn’t been set to expire until 2026. Eli then managed Anuel through three subsequent albums that all topped Billboard’s Top Latin Albums chart, and the pair also started and operated their own record label.īut just nine months after Eli gushed about his “childhood friend” to Billboard, on Sept. In the upcoming showdown Tuesday, the lawsuit’s messiness is on full display.Īnuel is seeking an “emergency injunction” that would bar Eli from selling a 6,000-square-foot home in Doral, Fla., worth an alleged $4.8 million - a property the star calls “one of the many illicit purchases made by Carrion using funds from the company’s bank accounts.” Without the order, they claim Eli will sell the house in an effort to avoid paying back the money he stole.Įli, meanwhile, says the injunction demand is baseless and the latest example of his former friend choosing to “lash out” rather than pay him his fair share of their success: “Nothing more than an attempt to divert the court, and the public monitoring this case, away from the undisputed facts of the case.” ‘Unilaterally Terminated‘Īnuel and Eli worked together for years, starting well before the Puerto Rican rapper released his 2018 debut, Real Hasta la Muerte, and won the 2019 new artist of the year award at the Billboard Latin Music Awards. Man Accused of Killing Taylor Swift Fan Jacob Lewis in Hit & Run to be Charged With Felony Murder

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