US court demands fees from Rod Stewart

A federal judge has ordered rock star Rod Stewart to pay a Las Vegas casino more than £1.7m for not returning advance money he was paid before he cancelled a concert in 2000.

Mon, 06 Mar, 2006 - 23:40

A federal judge has ordered rock star Rod Stewart to pay a Las Vegas casino more than £1.7m for not returning advance money he was paid before he cancelled a concert in 2000.

US district judge Larry Hicks ordered Stewart’s lawyers to pay an additional £87,730 in contempt-of-court fines and legal costs for failing to give information to lawyers for casino giant Harrah’s Entertainment before trial last year.

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Courts Entertainment Heathrow Place: Las Vegas Place: US Place: Los Angeles Place: Rio Person: Rod Stewart Person: Larry Hicks Person: Stewart Person: Louis “Skip” Miller Person: Miller Person: Hicks’Person: Harrah Person: Kristina Pickering Person: Pickering Event: New Organisation: Harrah’s Entertainment

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