Newsboys Sue Over Defamation, Antitrust Claims

0:00It's April 29th. This is Entertainment and Celebrity News. Today, driven by AI, what everyone's talking about. West Campbell and the news boys just dropped the massive lawsuit over 265 pages long, hitting back at the Roy's report for defamation, and a bunch of Christian music bigwigs for antitrust schemes. They claim a 2014 hotel hookup in Fargo between a lighting tech and a woman was straight up consensual with news boys drummer Duncan. Tage is watching, no crime, no rape, like the story painted it. This blew up 11 years later, they say. After the woman got fired and jumped to a rival firm, gunning for Campbell's company, thriving children. Advocates. TCA hooks up touring Christian artists like the news boys with charities for concert sponsorships, pulling in cash for fan sign-dub, around $200 a pop. The real beef, competitors like Waterland and its promo arms, controlling nearly 80% of Christian concerts, plus Mercy Me allegedly scheme to cut TCA out.

1:04Mercy Me ditched a fresh deal for better charity payouts, $500 per sponsor from World Vision, and boycotted the news boys to kneecap the middleman. Roy's report says they stand by their award-winning scoop on the scandal, but won't comment on the suit. News boys posted it on socials as their silence breaker, while Mercy Me, Waterland and others stay quiet when reached out. Filed in Tennessee Federal Court, they're chasing $50 million in lost deals, plus damages and retractions. This Christian music turf war is now in the courts, shaking up how artists fund tours to faith-based giving.