{"id":838097,"date":"2026-09-06T05:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T05:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/838097\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T05:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T05:06:09","slug":"alanis-morissette-sues-tour-manager-alleging-blackmail-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/838097\/","title":{"rendered":"Alanis Morissette Sues Tour Manager Alleging &#8216;Blackmail Campaign&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/alanis-morissette\/\" id=\"auto-tag_alanis-morissette_1\" data-tag=\"alanis-morissette\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alanis Morissette<\/a> is reportedly suing her former tour manager, alleging that Keren Urinov led a \u201ccalculated blackmail campaign\u201d against her, per <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/alanis-morissette-claims-ex-tour-manager-blackmailed-airport-drugs-lawsuit-12076761\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">People<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe \u201cIronic\u201d singer filed the suit on Tuesday, stemming from her working relationship with Urinov in 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cPlaintiff Alanis Morissette is the victim of a calculated blackmail campaign orchestrated by a disgruntled former tour manager,\u201d the lawsuit reads, per People. \u201cMorissette will not agree to work with an incompetent blackmailer for the next 15 years or pay her a ransom under the gun.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tAccording to the documents obtained by the outlet, Morissette\u2019s legal team alleges that Urinov was \u201cflagged for inspection and detained at a U.K. airport\u201d when she was traveling with the singer to Spain. Urinov told Morissette and her team she was arrested and authorities issued a seizure notice, alleging there was marijuana and xylazine in her bag; she showed officials her Israeli medical marijuana license and was released, per People.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe suit claims that the tour manager and her own legal team sent Morissette \u00a0\u201cincreasingly extortionate\u201d letters, where she threatened to sue. Urinov allegedly told the seven-time Grammy winner that she could \u201cend to the matter\u201d\u00a0with a 15-year, full-time employment contract comprised of \u201can income equivalent to that of a tour director with annual increases and bonuses.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tAfter Morissette did not comply with the \u201cbrazen demands,\u201d Urinov and her lawyer allegedly sent her a letter \u201cimplying she would accuse Morissette of drug trafficking,\u201d People added. The singer is suing on allegations of civil extortion, fraud and negligent misrepresentation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tMorissette was previously embezzled by her former manager Jonathan Todd Schwartz. He <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/general-news\/alanis-morissette-manager-admits-stealing-5m-singer-965741\/\">admitted<\/a> to embezzling more than $7 million from Morissette and other celebrity clients in 2017. Schwartz penned an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/business\/business-news\/hollywood-business-manager-i-stole-alanis-morissette-clients-im-sorry-guest-column-992658\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">apology essay for The Hollywood Reporter<\/a> at the time, where he wrote, \u201cTo say I am incredibly ashamed and disappointed in myself is an understatement.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alanis Morissette is reportedly suing her former tour manager, alleging that Keren Urinov led a \u201ccalculated blackmail campaign\u201d&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":838098,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[217622,88,216],"class_list":["post-838097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-alanis-morissette","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/838097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=838097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/838097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/838098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=838097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=838097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=838097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}