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Chappelle/Chapelle sued by "ex-manager"

An AP story tells of a Mustafa Abeulhija who claims that nine months ago, Chappelle told him that he could be his manager. Only trouble is, gee whiz, he hasn’t paid him a cent. Mr. Abuelhija says that Chappelle even “spread the word” to his “financial aides.” (Hint: The dudes who cut the checks know about me… so… WHERE’S MY CHECK?)

There’s nothing in writing. That doesn’t mean that Mr. A doesn’t have a fat check coming to him. This will probably be settled out of court. There’s a big chunk of change at stake– according to the AP account, Chappelle “had earned $2.2 million from personal appearances and about $6 million in entertainment deals including the contract for his show” during the period in question.