Yesterday at 9:00 p.m. – by Tanguy Jaillant
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In 2016, Céline Dion was marked by the death of her husband and agent René Angélil. An ordeal made all the more painful by the fact that her ex-colleague was no longer there to support her when former employees filed a complaint against her over unpaid commissions.
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In 1981, Celine Dion met René Angélil for the first time. When she was only 13 years old and he was 40, the Quebec singer could not yet imagine that Ginette Reno's impresario would become her mentor and then her husband. Seven years later, when their love seemed impossible, the two lovebirds finally became closer. But it wasn't until 1994, a year before their wedding, that the Canadian superstar made his story official during a Sonia Benezra show. The man infected with stiff man syndrome and René Angélil were madly in love and had three children: René-Charles, on January 25, 2001, then Nelson and Eddy, their twins, on October 23, 2010 were born. Intimate partners, they were equally close career. In fact, René Angélil was his partner's agent until his death in 2016.
Céline Dion “betrayed” by former employees: “I feel like they took advantage of me”
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When René Angélil died, Celine Dion had to manage many aspects of her career alone. In 2019, in particular, she had to face a complaint from Rob Prinz and the agency ICM Partners, her former representatives, who accused her of not paying her commissions under a $500 million contract signed in 2017 with the company AEG . A complaint that she felt was a betrayal. “When René was still alive, he took care of my business and was always fair to the people we worked with. And he taught me to do the same thing,” she assured Deadline in November 2020. And added, “Because he wasn't there to defend myself during this hearing, I feel like Mr. Prinz and ICM have left me with theirs financial demands and by disclosing confidential details about my contracts. I feel cheated.”
Céline Dion angry at the plaintiffs: “We will appeal this decision”
At that time, the California commission that conducted the investigation ordered Céline Dion to pay the amounts stipulated in the original contract, even though she had terminated her contract with ICM Partners two years earlier. René Angélil's ex-wife angrily railed against her former employee Rob Prinz. “He values my career far more than he is worth. “Mr Prince never asked to be paid for 10 years for a few months of work,” she said. For his part, the Quebec singer's lawyer announced that he would appeal this decision and ask a jury to decide.
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Article written in collaboration with 6Medias.
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