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Tweedy responds to former Wilco-mate lawsuit
By CMU Editorial | Published on Wednesday 6 May 2009
Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy has disputed those previously reported claims by his former bandmate of owed royalties. As previously reported, former Wilco member Jay Bennett has launched legal proceedings accusing Tweedy of breach of contract and making a claim to unpaid royalties in relation to early Wilco albums and the 2002 rockumentary ‘I Am Trying To Break Your Heart’ that followed the band. But responding yesterday, Tweedy said he didn’t know what his former collaborator was talking about.
He told Paste magazine: “I know exactly as much as everyone else does [about this lawsuit]. I’ve read the news and I honestly have no idea what these claims are based on. It was such a long time ago. Aside from everything else, I’m being sued for not paying someone for appearing in a movie I didn’t produce. Go figure. I am truly sad it has come to this. I am equally convinced, however, that I have done nothing wrong and that this will be handled fairly and swiftly”.
