Trey Songz Withdraws Promoter Lawsuit After Seeking Over $500K

Trey Songz has withdrawn a lawsuit seeking more than $500,000 from a Texas promoter over a Fort Worth concert that never went ahead as planned.

The dismissal was filed “without prejudice,” according to MyNewsLA, leaving room for the dispute with Darryl Austin to return to court. The case was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court.

That type of dismissal allows a plaintiff to bring the same claims again, subject to filing deadlines. Those time limits keep running after a case is withdrawn.

Trey Songz Productions LLC brought the breach-of-contract case after a planned August 8 appearance at Will Rogers Auditorium fell apart.

AllHipHop covered the company’s demand in August, when the dispute centered on missed payments and the decision to move the show.

Under the deal finalized April 16, Austin was to pay a quarter of the performance fee the next day, another quarter on July 8 and the balance before the concert. The suit alleged the fee was fixed regardless of ticket sales.

The company said Austin paid the first installment but missed the second. He then sought a postponement, setting off a disagreement over both the money and whether the performance should go ahead.

Songz’s team said it had offered help with promotion and believed Austin had not done enough to sell the event. The singer’s side rejected the proposed delay and demanded the next payment under the agreement.

The lawsuit alleged that Austin still pushed the show to an undetermined date. Fans looking for tickets saw a postponement notice on Ticketmaster, while Songz’s side complained that the notice did not explain who made the decision.

The company sought damages for the unpaid performance fee, lost premium meet-and-greet income and harm to its reputation and future earning power. It also sought legal costs.

Austin challenged the California proceedings while representing himself. He described the concert fight as a “Texas-centered dispute” in a motion seeking to quash service of the summons.

Austin said he lived in Texas, had not visited California in about a decade and handled the negotiations by phone and email from Texas. His motion had been set for a November 19 hearing before Judge Phu Nguyen.