Sugarland Founder Sues Band

I guess that it was only a matter of time until this happened.

According to the Associated Press, Kiersten Hall is suing the two current members of the group Sugarland for $1.5 million.

From the article:

According to a lawsuit filed late last month in U.S. District Court in Atlanta, Kristen Hall was to get a cut of the group’s profits even after she left in 2005 for a solo career. Hall says in the lawsuit that she has been excluded from the group’s profits since she left.

CMT also has an interesting blog on the lawsuit.

You have to wonder what is going through the minds of Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush right now. The band has achieved so much in such a short amount of time. I was surprised when Hall left the band in early 2006 as they were just seeming to increase steadily in popularity at that time. Their songs have since been in heavy rotation not only on the radio, but on GAC and CMT as well. They have won numerous industry awards, Nettles has performed with the likes of Bon Jovi and their newest album, “Love On the Inside” just came out last month.

Time will tell how this plays out. My feeling is that if you wanted to receive a cut of the band’s profits, you never should have left in the first place. Thoughts?