Sugarland founder files $1.5M lawsuit against band

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Sugarland founder files $1.5M lawsuit against band

Story Published: Aug 8, 2008 at 10:37 AM EDT

Story Updated: Aug 8, 2008 at 10:37 AM EDT

ATLANTA (AP) - A founder of the country band Sugarland is suing
the two current members of the popular group for $1.5 million.

According to a lawsuit filed late last month in U.S. District Court in Atlanta, Kristen Hall was supposed to get a cut of the group's profits even after she left in 2005 for a solo career. The lawsuit says Hall, who founded the band in 2002, has an agreement with Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush to equally share profits and losses.

Hall says in the lawsuit that she has been excluded from the group's profits since she left.

Sugarland's publicist referred calls to the band's attorney, Gary Gilbert, who was unavailable for comment.

The band's album, ``Love on the Inside,'' which came out last month, is No. 1 on the Billboard music charts.

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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