Comedian Dominic Paquet is demanding more than $50,000 from his former manager and the latter’s company. At the heart of the dispute, royalties for the broadcast of its first one man show, Dominic Paquet.
In a lawsuit filed in Montreal on October 13, Dominic Paquet maintains that the rights for his one man show were obtained by his former manager “without his consent”. He estimates the sums he did not receive from his manager, his company (Productions Fou du Roy), and the production and distribution company ComedieHa at $25,125.72.
He is also demanding $25,000 in attorney fees, citing the “multiple faults” and “bad faith” of his former manager.
In the lawsuit, we learn that Dominic Paquet stopped working with Sébastien Roy in March 2014, after nine years of collaboration, to do business with Entourage, which took a smaller commission and which, according to him, offered “much more service”.
The comedian took it for granted that the royalties from his show would then be paid to Entourage, while the Entourage team believed that Dominic Paquet received them directly.
According to the lawsuit, agreements regarding the recording of the show and the transfer of rights were concluded “without the knowledge” of Dominic Paquet. The show, captured in January 2010, was broadcast during the pandemic on Prize 2, a channel belonging to the TVA Group.