Fugees’ Pras Michel has dropped a lawsuit he filed in 2024 towards his bandmate Ms. Lauryn Hill. The submitting, which additionally named Delaware firm MLH Touring, Inc., accused Hill of appearing in methods, some fraudulent, that led the Fugees to cancel their 2023 reunion tour three days earlier than it was set to start. Michel had been pursuing costs of breach of fiduciary obligation, breach of contract, improper accounting, unjust enrichment, fraud, and refusal to allow a tour audit, amongst others.
Per a March 11 movement, first reported by Rolling Stone and seen by Pitchfork, the swimsuit has been “dismissed with out prejudice, with every occasion to bear his, her or its personal bills, prices, and legal professional’s charges.” Pras had initially sought compensation for misplaced revenue, in addition to punitive damages, authorized bills, and extra. He alleged that Hill’s “conceitedness” and fame for being unpunctual to reside performances price him financially, accusing her of refusing a $5 million provide for the Fugees to play Coachella as a result of she wouldn’t settle for billing under No Doubt. Pitchfork has reached out to attorneys for each Michel and Hill for remark.
The brand new movement arrives shortly earlier than Pras beings a 14-year jail sentence after being discovered responsible of felony conspiracy and unlawful international lobbying in November 2025. He was charged with marketing campaign finance crimes in 2019 after allegedly funneling cash from a Malaysian businessman, Low Taek Jho (aka Jho Low) into former President Barack Obama’s 2012 re-election marketing campaign. The case went to trial in 2023, and a federal courtroom discovered him responsible on 10 costs whole; he was denied a retrial in 2024. Rolling Stone stories that he’s because of report back to jail on March 30.
When Michel first filed his lawsuit towards Hill, she shared a press release with Pitchfork calling the lawsuit “baseless” and “stuffed with false claims and unwarranted assaults.” “I’ve been silent and pushing via as a result of I understood that Pras was below duress due to his authorized battles and that this was maybe affecting his judgment, frame of mind, and character,” she wrote. “I used to be not in Pras’ life when he determined to make the unlucky determination that led to his present authorized troubles. I didn’t advise that he make that call and due to this fact am on no account answerable for his determination and its penalties, although I’ve taken it upon myself to assist.”
