A month after Kelly Clarkson filed a cross-complaint against her ex-husband Brandon Blackstock to affirm — and possibly expand — the $2.6 million award she was granted last year by the California Labor Commission, Blackstock requested the ruling be overturned, according to People.
Per a Monday filing obtained by the outlet, Blackstock and his management firm Starstruck Management denied “each and every allegation” made by the singer, who alleged Blackstock charged her for business deals he wasn’t licensed to make.
Blackstone claimed the talk show host’s suit was outside the proper jurisdiction because she did not file a notice of appeal within 10 days after the labor commissioner’s ruling. He also claimed that because the money he garnered from alleged commissions were paid into his and Clarkson’s joint estate, any additional damages awarded to her…
