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Whitney Houston’s Father Sued Her for $100 Million Before His Death

In August 2002, John Russell Houston's company, John Houston Entertainment, filed a breach-of-contract lawsuit against Whitney Houston in New Jersey Superior Court. According to MTV News, the suit says that the singer never paid her father and his business partner after she hired them in 2000 to represent her in a number of personal and professional matters, including helping her straighten out the legal mess surrounding her 2000 drug bust in Hawaii. It was reported that the company also negotiating her contract renewal with Arista Records, which resulted in a $100 million deal in 2001 for the singer.