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Timbaland Sues Former Managers for Over $15 Million

He is seeking a forensic accounting after alleging managers diverted royalty and sale proceeds, took unauthorized commissions, and left him with unpaid taxes and a foreclosure notice.

Overview

  • Mosley filed the 75-page complaint on Oct. 30 and says it asserts breach of fiduciary duty, fraudulent concealment, breach of contract, and civil theft.
  • The suit names manager Gary Marella and business manager Bruce Seckendorf and claims they took at least $2.5 million in excessive or unauthorized commissions.
  • Timbaland cites specific disputed transactions, including contested commissions on two $5 million Verzuz payments and an alleged $775,000 overpayment from his 2019 Hipgnosis catalog sale.
  • The complaint alleges falsified accounting entries and altered emails to hide payments, and it says unpaid taxes and mortgage arrears produced a March 2025 foreclosure notice at his home.
  • Defendants publicly deny theft and blame Mosley’s past overspending, and the case is at the pleading stage and will move to discovery and a forensic accounting that will determine damages and reputational outcomes.