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Rod Stewart's Deposit Dispute
Rod Stewart has reason to believe he could be on the hook for a hefty sum of money.
The raspy-voiced rocker appeared in federal court in Las Vegas Tuesday to face off against Harrah's Entertainment in a lawsuit over a canceled casino concert.
The Harrah's-owned Rio Hotel-Casino claims Stewart kept a $2 million deposit to which he was not entitled after breaching his contract by blowing off a Dec. 30, 2000 appearance.
However, according to Stewart's camp, the rocker canceled the gig because he had not fully recovered from undergoing treatment for thyroid cancer, but kept the deposit as he planned to perform the concert at a later date.
Now, according to Stewart's lawyer, Louis "Skip" Miller, the "Maggie May" singer is ready to fulfill his vocal obligations, but is not being permitted to do so.
"The man had cancer," Miller told the Associated Press. "He had to have surgery. His voice didn't recover in time. He's now fully recovered and he's willing and able to perform the concert. They won't let him."
Miller was expected to call Harrah's Chairman Gary Loveman to the stand in the civil trial.
In court documents filed by the Rio, the hotel-casino claims Stewart was expected to perform as part of a New Year's Eve weekend event. Per the terms of the contract, "the parties agreed to rescheduling only in narrow, specified circumstances not present here."
A Harrah's spokesperson declined to comment on the lawsuit.
U.S. District Judge Larry Hicks was expected to rule before the trial on whether the jury would be allowed to hear about a prior case concerning Stewart, a canceled tour and a deposit dispute. (Sound familiar?)
Last November, Stewart was ordered to repay a $780,000 deposit he received for a 2002 Latin American tour that never took place.
The Los Angeles jury in the case also found Stewart liable for an added $1.6 million in punitive damages related to the manner in which his agents and lawyers negotiated the contract for the tour.
Miller, who pointed out that the case is under appeal, claimed that the two cases were entirely unrelated and that referencing the earlier judgment would be irrelevant.
"Different time period, different tour, different contract," he told the AP. "It has nothing to do with this."
Despite his legal woes, the "Forever Young" crooner seems out to prove that he means what he sings.
In June, Stewart, 60, announced that he was expecting his first child with his 34-year-old fianc�e, Penny Lancaster.
The upcoming arrival will bring the rocker daddy's total number of offspring up to seven children birthed by five different women.
Once Stewart is (finally) officially divorced from second wife Rachel Hunter, he and Lancaster are reportedly planning a spring wedding in Scotland to mark his third trip down the aisle.
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