Guy Sebastian’s faded manager accused of embezzling nearly 1,000,000 greenbacks from the pop star became once being paid half of 1,000,000 greenbacks a year by the singer, a jury has been told.
The Australian Idol winner within the NSW District Court docket on Wednesday became once puzzled about his contractual agreement along with his ex-manager and 6 Levels founder Titus Emanuel Day.
Defence barrister Dominic Toomey SC requested Sebastian if he believed he had obligations to pay his shopper commission prices.
“I for certain became once mindful there had been obligations, I became once paying Mr Day about half of 1,000,000 a year so I became once acknowledging my cease of the good purchase,” Sebastian said.
After he won the televised singing contest in 2003, he at final worked with Day at 22 Management earlier than the manager poached him to change into his foundation shopper at unique firm 6 Levels.
He denies there became once any signed contract between the pair, and said Day assured him a few times they would continue working below the the same phrases at 22 Management.
Day additionally supplied him equity within the firm to level him his gratitude, and he believed he became once phase-proprietor earlier than their relationship broke down, he said.
As soon as the pair finally split he believed it became once stunning to pay him trailing commissions for work he had completed earlier than their agreement ceased.
“I correct desired to be appropriate to my be aware with Mr Day,” Mr Sebastian said.
“I had said to him … anything else you’d worked on, I can pay you commission on.”
Mr Toomey queried whether Sebastian had paid him “out of the goodness of your heart” whereas he became once working for him.
“No he became once my manager.”
The Crown alleges that Day – who managed Sebastian by assignment of 6 Levels between 2009 and 2017 – embezzled Sebastian out of nearly $900,000 between 2013 and 2020.
Day, 49, has pleaded no longer guilty to 50 charges including fraudulently embezzling cash allegedly owed to Sebastian through royalties and efficiency prices.
He additionally denies 50 replacement counts of larceny, or stealing.
Sebastian additionally denied withholding any info from detectives after accusing Day of prison assignment in 2020.
“I supplied each and every email I’ve ever despatched to the police,” he said of a doc shown to him in court.
“I would invent no longer own any motive to no longer reward this, there is just not this form of thing as a motive of me to no longer post this email.”
The trial is thanks to continue on Thursday when Sebastian will resume his proof.