When Nerds Cry: Man sues Prince for $1 mil in damages over $37 K worth of computers & hard drives

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Man to Prince: You Stole My Hard Drives!

Posted Oct 17th 2007 7:34PM by TMZ Staff
Filed under: Celebrity Justice

Prince Rogers Nelson, known to mere mortals as Prince, is being sued by a man who claims the Purple One took 12 AVID hard drives and never paid for them. When nerds cry!

http://www.tmz.com/2007/10/17/man-to-prince-you-stole-my-hard-drives/



In a lawsuit filed yesterday in Los Angeles Superior Court, Ian Lewis claims that Prince, named as a defendant (along with his record label and fan club website), took 12 AVID IS SCSI Shuttle Drives worth $12,000, alleging that Prince and his people never had any intention of returning them or paying for them.

In addition, Lewis claims that a $25,000 computer, which was also loaned to Prince, was returned by his people "in a broken and un-fixable condition." Computer blue!

Lewis is seeking damages to be determined at trial and exemplary damages in the amount of $1,000,000. Calls to Prince's reps were not immediately returned.