According to court documents posted by TMZ, Beyoncé fired Mathew Knowles for allegedly stealing money from her tour budget. But there’s a twist. These court documents were filed by Knowles in 2011, as part of a lawsuit against Live Nation Entertainment — the company heading Beyoncé’s tour that year. According to Knowles, a Live Nation employee had informed Beyoncé that Knowles “had stolen money from Beyoncé on her most recent tour or otherwise taken funds that [he] was not entitled to.”
While Knowles maintained his innocence, he claimed that an internal audit falsely proved he’d misappropriated tour funds, thus leading to his axing. He also petitioned to be allowed to interview the company’s employees to gauge who’d launched the claims against him. Additionally, per the Los Angeles Times, Knowles also inquired to find out why Live Nation had paid Beyoncé $4 million after his firing, implying that the company purposefully had him ousted so it could align themselves closer with his famous daughter.
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To this day, Beyoncé has never publicly confirmed or denied either side of the allegations.
