Nicole Scherzinger has finally settled her legal battle with Pussycat Dolls founder Robin Antin over a planned reunion tour that fell apart, Us Weekly can exclusively report.
On Tuesday, October 28, Scherzinger, 47, informed the court that the lawsuit filed by Antin, 64, and the countersuit she filed against Antin are being dismissed.
The move comes months after Antin’s lawyer, David Blau, tried to drop her as a client.
As Us first reported, Blau asked the court for permission to withdraw as Antin’s rep due to “irreconcilable differences” that made it impossible for him to “effectively represent” her.
Before the court could rule on Blau’s request, Scherzinger and Antin informed the court that they had reached a “confidential settlement” in the case.
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The singer and Antin had originally reached a tentative settlement in May but said they needed additional time to draft the paperwork and finalize certain terms.
A couple of months later, in July, Antin’s lawyer told the court that the parties had been unable to finalize the deal.
“The parties and their counsel and representatives are continuing their efforts to resolve this matter and have spent substantial time negotiating terms and various written agreements to resolve their dispute,” Antin’s lawyer told the court at the time. He said due to “professional commitments” of the parties and the “multi-faceted structure and terms of the settlement,” they needed extra time. Antin’s lawyer asked that all parties be present for a hearing on the matter. Scherzinger scoffed at the request, claiming she was busy appearing on Broadway in Sunset Boulevard.
A hearing had been set for this month where the judge was scheduled to set a trial date, unless the parties informed him of a settlement.
As Us previously reported, the legal drama between the former collaborators started in 2021 when Antin filed a lawsuit against Scherzinger over a planned reunion tour.
Scherzinger was the lead singer of The Pussycat Dolls, which was a girl group that performed from 2003 to 2010. Scherzinger left the group in 2009.
In her lawsuit, Antin said Scherzinger agreed to work on a reunion tour. She said the singer agreed to take a 49 percent cut. Antin said she spent a ton of time putting together the project.
Antin claimed the tour dates were set and then had to be rescheduled. She claimed Scherzinger refused to perform the new dates unless her contract was renegotiated. The suit claimed Scherzinger demanded 75 percent of the profits and “complete creative control,” which Antin labeled as “extortion.”
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In her filing, Antin said Live Nation provided her with a $600,000 advance on the tour. She said the company demanded the return of the advance once the reunion fell apart.
Scherzinger filed a countersuit against Antin. She demanded $1.1 million in damages.
The entertainer claimed Antin was the one who had breached “her duties and obligations” to her.
She said Antin “damaged [Pussycat Doll’s] goodwill, and wasted the funding for the planned [Pussycat Doll’s] reunion tour, ruining [Pussycat Doll’s] ability to do business through self-dealing, waste and fraud.”
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Scherzinger’s lawyer alleged “[Antin] made the misrepresentation to Live Nation to induce it to pay her a $600,000 advance, which she took, although she has never shown [Scherzinger] what she did with those funds.”
In addition, Scherzinger claimed she used her own money — to the tune of $100,000 — for expenses for the reunion tour but never received any advance.
Scherzinger said she was damaged due to giving up other work opportunities to focus on the Pussycat Dolls project.
The recent settlement brings an end to the legal battle once and for all.
