Not too long ago we learned that Beyonce had fired her father as her long-time manager and enlisted the help of people that were in husband Jay-Z’s circle. No official reason had come out for the split, but now in some new documents filed by her father in a counter-suit, it’s been revealed that the reason he was let go was because he apparently was stealing money from his baby girl! Now THAT’S not cool if this is the case. However, he’s saying that it’s definitely NOT and wants action taken to clear his now-tarnished name. Hit the jump for details.
In the documents — obtained by TMZ — Mathew Knowles claims Live Nation Entertainment wanted desperately to sink its fangs into Beyonce’s 2011 world tour. According to the docs, Mathew claims Live Nation told Beyonce that Mathew “had stolen money from Beyonce on her most recent tour or otherwise taken funds that [he] was not entitled to.”
Mathew claims Live Nation was effective, because Beyonce had her law firm conduct an audit, and the law firm concluded Mathew had indeed pilfered money from her. Beyonce then fired him.
Mathew claims after he was canned, Beyonce hired a manager who had worked as a former exec at Live Nation and maintained a relationship with the company.
Mathew insists the theft accusations by Live Nation are false, and he wants the judge to give him the right to take depositions of various people at Live Nation, to determine just how they concluded he was a thief.
We could not reach Beyonce’s rep for comment.
