Promoter Up Sh*t Creek Without Kelly Contract

16. Thank you, Mr. Radar. I reviewed the complaint and it appears that you have a strong case. Having remitted 25K, the defendants should be hard pressed to deny the existence of an agreement. Shame on TMZ for declaring it a legal loser before checking the law. Couldn't they give a ring to their own legal department (which, given the content on this site, is surely extensive)?

Posted at 8:32PM on Mar 4th 2008 by DBK

17. Janet had her Rhythm Nation.
I've got my Uri Nation!

Posted at 8:47PM on Mar 4th 2008 by R. Kelly.

18. Click on Richkiss.com if you want to infect your computer witha virus

Posted at 8:55PM on Mar 4th 2008 by Richkiss.com has a virus on it

19. #12, 15, 17 - Radar, Esq & DBK - 2 legal eagles swapping law briefs on TMZ! LMAO! Shouldn't you guys be taking this up somewhere else? Like a COURTROOM!?

Posted at 9:20PM on Mar 4th 2008 by Holy Cannolli, Batman

20. I'm just a bored lawyer addicted to celebrity gossip, and thought it might be interesting to add some content to the blogs. I have no idea what post #20 is talking about; it’s complete gibberish. Apologies for the legal language--here it is in layman's terms (contract law 101):

1) A contract is just a fancy term for a legally enforceable agreement between parties. As long as the requirements for a contract are met (fn1), the law generally does NOT require that contracts be in writing in order for them to be enforceable (that’s why you often hear the term, “oral contract”). State laws set out what kinds of agreements have to be in writing (for example, contracts for the sale of real estate commonly must be in writing.). Such laws are called “Statutes of Frauds” because they are designed to prevent a random person from lying and saying that he entered into an agreement with another party. The contract at issue here is not of the type that is normally included in states’ Statutes of Frauds, so the fact that the contract wasn’t signed doesn’t prevent the plaintiff in this case from enforcing the agreement

2) Even if the contract at issue is covered by the “Statute of Frauds,” state law recognizes certain exceptions to the Statute. One exception is that if either party does everything he promised to do, the Statute of Frauds doesn’t apply. In this case, the plaintiff (Trevana Entertainment) did everything that the defendant (“Rowe Entertainment”) hired it to do: Trevana promoted and produced tours for R.Kelly. According to the complaint, these responsibilities included “coordination of all live, in-concert performances by R. Kelly during the course of the tour, including arranging performance dates, the negotiating of financial terms with concert venues,” etc. Accordingly, the fact that the contract wasn’t signed does not mean that there was no enforceable contract.

3) The law also carves out, in certain situations, remedies where there is NO contract. This is called “quasi contract.” One kind of “quasi contract” is called promissory estoppel (PE). PE requires only the following: (1) A makes a promise to B (e.g., A tells B she will hire him to paint her house, but they never actually reach an agreement); (2) A expects (or should expect) that B will rely on its promise in some way; (3) B relies on A’s promise in some way (e.g., B goes out and buys a bunch of paint); (4) “injustice,” meaning it just sucks that B went out and spent all that money on paint.

fn 1. The law requires the following to show that a contract exists (1) one party ("A") makes an offer inviting another party ("B") to enter into an agreement; (2) B accepts A's offer; and (3) there is "consideration” for the agreement, meaning that the agreement either benefits A (for example, if A hires B to build him a house, A gets the benefit of the house) or requires B to do something or agree not to do something.

Posted at 10:18PM on Mar 4th 2008 by DBK

21. He is a tuff chit man! Many friends I met on a dating site called meetingwealthy think so too. They are successful mena nd women. We usually talk togehter.

Posted at 1:34AM on Mar 5th 2008 by frankin

22. #25, I believe it's spelled "subpoena", NOT subpenaned. Another non-law abiding citizen obtaining a law degree in prison. How cute.

Posted at 9:04AM on Mar 5th 2008 by Dirt Sheet Diva

23. Who cares? Leave it in the ghetto.

Posted at 11:42AM on Mar 5th 2008 by Angelina

24. #25 is now #23. Blogs keep disappearing on this site. Guess we have to adress by post name rather than #, huh??

Posted at 12:10PM on Mar 5th 2008 by Dirt Sheet Diva

25. Very interesting, thanks

Posted at 5:57PM on Apr 1st 2008 by Hulk