{"id":852531,"date":"2026-08-12T11:10:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T11:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/852531\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T11:10:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T11:10:11","slug":"guy-sebastians-ex-agent-admits-to-withholding-funds-ending-longtime-feud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/852531\/","title":{"rendered":"Guy Sebastian\u2019s ex-agent admits to withholding funds, ending longtime feud"},"content":{"rendered":"

Celebrity<\/a> manager Titus Day has admitted to withholding cash<\/a> from singer-songwriter Guy Sebastian, drawing a near decade-long legal battle between the former friends to a close.<\/p>\n

Day, who was jailed in 2022 for embezzlement, released a statement on Monday acknowledging he made \u201ca number of regrettable decisions\u201d during his time managing the former Australian Idol winner.<\/p>\n

\"SYDNEY,<\/p>\n

The dispute began nine years ago after Sebastian began to suspect that Day was withholding large payments.\u00a0Anthony Johnson<\/p>\n

\u201cI acknowledge that, long before any criminal<\/a> investigation, charges or trials, Guy attempted to settle with me on what I now consider to be incredibly fair terms,\u201d the celebrity manager said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would do things differently if I had my time again.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt an early stage in the dispute, I should have been more reasonable and less emotional, which I have no doubt would have led to a swifter and more conciliatory outcome.<\/p>\n

\u201cI take full responsibility for this.<\/p>\n

\u201cLooking back on the latter half of the time when I was managing Guy\u2019s career, I can see that I had become a poor steward of Guy\u2019s income.\u201d<\/p>\n

Day added that there were times in which payments that were meant for Sebastian never made it into his hands.<\/p>\n

\u201cI accept that my failures at that time had a serious and regrettable impact on Guy and his family, for which I apologise.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Guy<\/p>\n

Titus Day was jailed in 2022 after being found guilty of embezzling almost $625,000.\u00a0Janie Barrett<\/p>\n

The dispute<\/a> began nearly a decade ago when Sebastian suspected his former friend was withholding large sums of money from him. <\/p>\n

After the singer-songwriter reported his concerns to authorities, Day was arrested and charged.<\/p>\n

He was originally convicted in 2022 of embezzling almost $625,000 and sentenced to a maximum of four years in prison<\/a>.<\/p>\n

However, he was released on appeal after serving seven months and a second criminal trial ended with Day acquitted of four embezzlement counts, while the jury deadlocked on the remaining 31 charges.<\/p>\n

When prosecutors decided against a third criminal trial, the ARIA Award winner launched civil proceedings against his former manager.<\/p>\n

Sebastian\u2019s lawyer, Mark Faraday, released a statement shortly after Day\u2019s on Wednesday, stating he was pleased with the outcome and acceptance of responsibility shown by the former manager.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy client was willing to resolve this matter very early, and on incredibly fair terms,\u201d Faraday said.<\/p>\n

\u201cA private resolution has always been Guy\u2019s preference. Unfortunately, this did not happen, and the matter took many unexpected turns over a long period of time.<\/p>\n

\u201cGuy wishes Mr Day had taken this approach much sooner. However, he appreciates that the parties have finally arrived at a place where they can all move on.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor Guy, this is not just a legal settlement; he genuinely wishes Mr Day and his family better times ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sebastian echoed his lawyer\u2019s sentiments, adding that he \u201cnever could have imagined the twists and turns this ordeal would take\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know this impacted a lot of people around me, but I believed it was something I couldn\u2019t walk away from,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the accountability shown and the apology Mr Day has provided in his statement, I am prepared to put aside my claim against him, forgive, and move forward.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Celebrity manager Titus Day has admitted to withholding cash from singer-songwriter Guy Sebastian, drawing a near decade-long legal…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":852532,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[64,63,447,134],"class_list":["post-852531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=852531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852531\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/852532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=852531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=852531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=852531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}