![]() ![]() Sheesh! This restaurant business is causing all type of legal battles between mothers and sons. Shanga is denying any wrongdoing and confirms his mother HAS been paid and he wants the lawsuit thrown out. ![]() Since then, they agreed on an oral licensing arrangement, but now the 72-year-old songstress wants no parts of the business.Īfter her son’s arrest, Gladys fired off a lawsuit “demanding damages for Hankerson's continued use of her name on the restaurant chain, as well as 'certain proprietary recipes and memorabilia, including Knight’s dresses/costumes and photographs featuring Knight and other celebrities.” The mother and son had a 10-year licensing deal that ran out in 2009. She allowed her son to use her name under a licensing deal, but now she wants out after since the Department of Revenue accused Shanga of theft and tax evasion after federal agents raided three of his restaurants and shut down operations. He was later released on $20,000 bond from the Clayton County jail.Īccording to the legal documents, the soul singer has no role in the business. Bringing more than six decades of wisdom and musical majesty to the. The AJC reported Shanga was accused of taking a total of $650,000 in state sales and withholding taxes, which after penalties and interest totals more than $1 million. Gladys Knight and Patti LaBelle delighted more than half a million fans in the Apple Music-sponsored Verzuz battle Sunday. Damn homie.īack in June, Shanga was arrested on two counts of felony theft by taking $52,600 in sales tax collected in March and April, according to a Georgia Department of Revenue investigator. Feds raided the restaurants and everything. The son of soul music legend Gladys Knight is fighting to keep her name on his troubled Atlanta restaurants, saying her lack of mental capacity bars her from removing it, recent federal. We previously reported how Gladys wanted her name removed from his “Gladys Knight’s Chicken and Waffles” restaurants after he was accused of STEALING from the family business. Why? Well, he claims she lacks the mental capacity to cancel the licensing deal. She wants him to remove her name, but he doesn’t want to. Singing legend Gladys Knight and her son Shanga Hankerson are at odds over the use of her name at his Atlanta restaurant. Sometimes, family can act out worse than your enemy! The son of R&B legend Gladys Knight has been sentenced to serve two years in prison for failing to withhold payroll taxes for the restaurants that bore his mother’s. He claims she lacks the mental capacity to cancel the licensing deal. Gladys Knight and her son Shanga Hankerson are at war over her name being used for his Atlanta restaurant. ![]()
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