Entertainer Shane Jacobson is being sued by his ex long-time manager and publicist Deb Fryers for a portion of almost $1 million of his earnings.
As reported by the Sydney Morning Herald on Wednesday, Fryers filed a writ in July in Victoria, claiming she had not been paid commission for Shane’s work in productions such as the Rocky Horror Show, Little Big Shots and The Real Full Monty.
Jacobson and Fryers were in partnership for more than 10 years, until February 2018.
In court: Entertainer Shane Jacobson (pictured) is being sued by his ex long-time manager and publicist Deb Fryers for a portion of almost $1 million of his earnings
However, Shane has hit back at Fryers’ claims, asserting that she has been paid what is owed to her.
He also claimed Fryers ‘abandoned’ him in the week of his wedding.
The Herald reported that Shane’s income for hosting Channel Seven’s Little Big Shots was $215k, and $54k for stripping off in the network’s The Real Full Monty.
Loggerheads: Shane’s ex-manager Fryers filed a writ in July in Victoria claiming she had not been paid commission for the star’s work in productions such as the Rocky Horror Show, Little Big Shots and The Real Full Monty. Pictured: Shane Jacobson in The Real Full Monty
Dynamic duo: Jacobson and Fryers were in partnership for more than 10 years, until February 2018. Pictured: Shane Jacobson (right) with The Real Full Monty choreographer Todd McKenney
He received $180k for his narrator role in The Rocky Horror Picture Show and a whopping $200k to appear in ads for IGA supermarkets.
Fryers is claiming her total earnings should be $136,892, representing a 15 or 20 per cent management fee for each of Shane’s roles.
Shane’s total earnings, from February through to November 2018, plus a Key Note Tour and a Big 4 Holiday Parks ambassador role in 2019, total $908,614.
Money man: The Herald reported that Shane’s income for hosting Channel Seven’s Little Big Shots was $215k, and $54k for stripping off in the network’s The Real Full Monty
Shane has indeed been in the wars of late – he attended the TV Week Logie Awards in July on crutches, having snapped his Achilles tendon in a near-fatal injury.
He had had an operation after tearing his tendon in Marrakesh, Morocco, subsequently suffering deep vein thrombosis and two blood clots after flying home to Australia with the injury.
‘My doctor said I absolutely cannot get on an aeroplane,’ Shane told the Daily Telegraph recently.
Crunching the numbers: Shane’s total earnings, from February through to November 2018, plus a Key Note Tour and a Big 4 Holiday Parks ambassador role in 2019, total $908,614
