Flourgon’s Lawyers Downplay $300m Miley Cyrus Settlement Reports

New York-based law firm Drummond and Squillace want to set the record straight about the payout that Jamaican dancehall deejay Flourgon, whose real name is Michael May, received from Miley Cyrus.

Attorneys Stephen Drummond and JoAnn Squillace told the Jamaica Observer that the reports of a US$300-million pay out for their client have been exaggerated.

“The case has been resolved to the mutual satisfaction of all parties. To the extent that there are any reports that Mr May received a monetary windfall in connection with the settlement, those reports are highly exaggerated and speculative,” said the attorneys.

There are now new fears that Flourgon’s life might be in danger as since the news of the payout went viral he has been receiving calls from all over the world.

The attorneys did confirm that Cyrus settled the copyright infringement lawsuit. She was accused of stealing for her 2013 hit We Can’t Stop from Flourgon’s 1988 hit We Run Things. The Observer interviewed Flourgon two weeks before the case was settled and he said:

“I’m really thankful for the hard work of my lawyers… Mr Drummond and his team. I’m really grateful for what has happened; I am really happy because my lawyers worked very hard. What I did was to make sure that other artistes in Jamaica may try their best to protect their thing. Whenever time people try to use our music we must go forward and protect our thing and collect what we are supposed to collect because we work hard.”

“They take it as a habit to just use Jamaican music without permission. So Flourgon has put out the work with my team and I want other artistes to do the same. So when people see our music they must deal with it proper so we can have what we work for.”