Thalia’s husband Tommy Mottola sued over $150K book advance
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 04: Thalia and Tommy Mottola attend the launch of the Thalia Sodi Collection at Macy's Herald Square on March 4, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images) (2015 Getty Images)
Tommy Mottola, the music executive married to singer Thalia, is facing legal troubles after a publishing company accused him of making off with a $150,000 advance for a book he never wrote.
Hachette Book Group have sued Mottola – who was also briefly married to Mariah Carey in the 1990s – for not finishing a book about his rise to success, the New York Post’s Page Six reported.
According to a lawsuit in Manhattan’s federal court, Mottola signed on to write the book called “The Bronx School of Business” in 2011.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}However, the publisher claims he reneged on finishing the manuscript by April 2012, even though he was offered to extend the deadline twice.
A native of the Bronx, Mottola is the co-owner of Casablanca Records – a joint venture with the Universal Music Group. He headed Sony Music Entertainment for nearly 15 years.
He has not commented on the lawsuit.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Mottola told a group of Fordham University students in October 2013 that "Bronx School of Business" was intended to be “a memoir of everything that was important to my success through my career.”