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Stevie Wonder’s Late Lawyer Tricked Him Into Signing To Pay His Family Forever by fibial: 12:54pm On Sep 18, 2015
Legendary blind singer Stevie Wonder has disclosed that his late personal lawyer conned
him into signing a contract that mandated that he will continue paying the lawyers family
forever even though the lawyer is dead and does not offer him any services from his grave.
He claims that the lawyer took advantage of his blindness and made him sign his fortune
away to him.
Stevie Wonder said Thursday that his now-dead longtime attorney Johanan Vigoda made
the blind music legend sign a contract that paid royalties to the lawyer and his family
indefinitely—without telling Wonder what the legal agreement said. In court documents,
Wonder says he signed the contract at the age of 21, and hadn’t been told the terms stated
the Vigoda family would be paid in perpetutity. Vigoda’s widow has filed a countersuit
against Wonder for the payments he ordered halted in 2011.
After Johanan died in 2011 after a short battle with pancreatic cancer, Stevie’s record
company continued to pay Johanan’s widow but he says he didn’t realize payments were
being made for nearly 2 years, and when he caught wind, he ordered payments to be
stopped. Wonder says he trusted Johanan and the lawyer never said the 6% would survive
his death.
In his docs, Stevie says he was betrayed by a man he trusted and wants a judge to declare
he no longer has a duty to pay royalties, because the attorney took advantage of a blind
man.
Ironically, Johanan’s widow has filed her own lawsuit demanding Stevie pay from the time
he stopped and forever in the future. She wants $7 mil minimum.

Re: Stevie Wonder’s Late Lawyer Tricked Him Into Signing To Pay His Family Forever by chocolateme(f): 12:54pm On Sep 18, 2015
See OFFICE oo!!
Anyway it can only happen over there not here. My country people no fit sign that document even if the eyeballs has been buried since 1923 because they see in spirit when it comes to money matter.
See that lawyer's wife no get conscience, as in Monkey dey work baboon dey chop.
They should take that case seriously and dissolve it, be like say na only me no know say oga Wonder dey blind. Eyaa but it's well.
Re: Stevie Wonder’s Late Lawyer Tricked Him Into Signing To Pay His Family Forever by Gmajor(m): 1:07pm On Sep 18, 2015
If the lawyer was still alive he should been tossed into prison. Shameless widow
Re: Stevie Wonder’s Late Lawyer Tricked Him Into Signing To Pay His Family Forever by funlord(m): 1:15pm On Sep 18, 2015
undecided

So none of stevie wonders wives or family members were ever allowed to be present during the signing of such sensitive documents? Na stevo do himself be that! Or maybe dem sell fake oracle biro for am!

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Re: Stevie Wonder’s Late Lawyer Tricked Him Into Signing To Pay His Family Forever by nuelsilva(m): 1:25pm On Sep 18, 2015
lawyers!!! liars since 16BC.海阔天空
Re: Stevie Wonder’s Late Lawyer Tricked Him Into Signing To Pay His Family Forever by fibial: 1:30pm On Sep 18, 2015
Which blind musician wen get money dy naija wen I fit bcome e lawyer?

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