{"id":679054,"date":"2026-05-19T05:57:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T05:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/679054\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T05:57:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T05:57:12","slug":"saweetie-sued-for-over-3-million-by-promoter-over-alleged-no-show-at-japan-concerts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/679054\/","title":{"rendered":"Saweetie Sued For Over $3 Million By Promoter Over Alleged No-Show at Japan Concerts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Saweetie<br \/>\n                          Promoter Sues For $3 Million Over Alleged Fraud<\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                        Published<br \/>\n                              May 18, 2026<br \/>\n                            5:15 PM PDT\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260518_ecfe909399784b839aecc59d13cacc29\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:2094c536-0d69-4938-92c5-2189a23a0a88\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ecfe909399784b839aecc59d13cacc29_md.jpg\" alt=\"saweetie getty\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rapper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/saweetie\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Saweetie <\/a>is being dragged to court by a concert promoter, accusing her of fraud \u2026 TMZ has learned.<\/p>\n<p>The company Moon Dream Production filed suit against Saweetie and Icy Grl Touring for fraud and breach of contract.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260519_6b596b789a1444629dbc6735c66a2d59\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:2094c536-0d69-4938-92c5-2189a23a0a88\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/6b596b789a1444629dbc6735c66a2d59_md.jpg\" alt=\"sub Saweetie getty\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to court docs, obtained by TMZ, Saweetie entered into a deal to perform 4 shows in Japan from July 18 to July 26, 2025. Moon Dream claims Saweetie agreed to perform for a $200k fee. She was paid a $100k deposit, per court docs.<\/p>\n<p>The concert promoter says Saweetie breached the deal by failing to perform the shows. The suit claimed the rapper and her entire team \u201cutilized all the visa services facilitated by\u201d the promoter, which allowed her to &#8216;enter Japan, then proceeded to perform at different venues for other vendors on the same dates she was contractually bound to perform\u201d for them.<\/p>\n<p>The promoter claims Saweetie and her team have refused to return the $100k \u2013 despite them losing out on $100k for merchandise and promo expenses and $200k spent on the venue.\u00a0 The promoter also says they expected to net $400k in profits from her performance \u2026 which they obviously missed out on.<\/p>\n<p>The suit is also seeking $3 million in punitive damages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Saweetie Promoter Sues For $3 Million Over Alleged Fraud Published May 18, 2026 5:15 PM PDT Rapper Saweetie&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":679055,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[49,48,361,75],"class_list":["post-679054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=679054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679054\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/679055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=679054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=679054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=679054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}