Universal Music Group Sued
You Owe Me Big $$$ For Unpaid Work …
Goes Back To Johnny Cash
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Universal Music Group is being sued by a person who claims he labored with large acts like Johnny Cash, Twisted Sister and Shania Twain and is owed over $72 million for unpaid companies.
In the lawsuit, obtained by TMZ, a person named Gary Douglas Peabody claims Johnny Cash referred to as him up in 1970 and requested him to return to New York to get signed as a singer or backup singer and author. He says Cash was working for UMG.
He claims Johnny referred to as him up once more in 1974 and instructed him UMG owed him $25 million … asking him to return to NY to gather the funds.
Peabody claims in 1993, Twisted Sister’s Dee Snyder referred to as him on the cellphone and instructed him he is owed $10 million for lyrics he is written for the band, which was signed to UMG.
He additionally claims he did backup lyrics work over the cellphone for UMG … and says he is been instructed the songs he labored on generated $100 million.
Peabody claims in 1996 Shania Twain, who’s signed to UMG, referred to as him and mentioned a backup job.
He says UMG reps referred to as him in 2015 and requested him for lyrical companies, which he says he offered over the cellphone … and he claims in 2017 he declined a job provide with UMG as a result of he hadn’t been paid for prior companies.
Peabody claims he reached out to UMG about being paid in April 2025 and hasn’t heard again, so he filed a lawsuit. He says he is owed $72,325,000.
Worth noting … he does not point out any contracts or having something in writing.
We reached out to UMG … up to now, no phrase again.
