Universal Music Group Sued by way of Man Claiming He’s Owed for Work With Johnny Cash

Universal Music Group is being sued by way of a person who claims he labored with massive acts like Johnny Cash, Twisted Sister and Shania Twain and is owed over $72 million for unpaid products and services.

In the lawsuit, bought by way of TMZ, a person named Gary Douglas Peabody claims Johnny Cash known as him up in 1970 and requested him to come back to New York to get signed as a singer or backup singer and creator. He says Cash was once operating for UMG.

He claims Johnny known as him up once more in 1974 and instructed him UMG owed him $25 million … asking him to come back to NY to gather the finances.

He additionally claims he did backup lyrics paintings over the telephone for UMG … and says he is been instructed the songs he labored on generated $100 million.

Peabody claims in 1996 Shania Twain, who’s signed to UMG, known as him and mentioned a backup process.

He says UMG reps known as him in 2015 and requested him for lyrical products and services, which he says he supplied over the telephone … and he claims in 2017 he declined a task be offering with UMG as a result of he hadn’t been paid for prior products and services.

Peabody claims he reached out to UMG about being paid in April 2025 and hasn’t heard again, so he filed a lawsuit. He says he is owed $72,325,000.

Worth noting … he does not point out any contracts or having anything else in writing.