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Zowie Bowie (Chris Phillips and Marley Taylor).
Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009 | 2:05 a.m.
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A Tennessee man says Zowie Bowie entertainer Marley Taylor ruined his career with false allegations of sexual harassment and he is stepping up efforts to collect on a $1.545 million court judgment against her.
Dan B. Wilson Jr. filed suit Wednesday in Clark County District Court against Zowie Bowie Entertainment LLC and Zowie Bowie performers Chris Phillips and Christine (Chrissy) Maria Gabell, aka Marley Taylor.
The suit, filed the same day Zowie Bowie announced an extended engagement at the Monte Carlo hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip, claims Wilson has received just $1,200 for the judgment that now totals $3.245 million with interest.
Wilson claims in his suit that Phillips and Gabell are using their Zowie Bowie company to hide Gabell's assets from he and other creditors.
A Zowie Bowie spokesman said the act was unaware of any lawsuit being filed and therefore had no comment on the allegations.
Wilson asserts the defendants were paid between $22,800 and $7,000 per week for performing at Red Rock Resort and the Palms casino-hotel in recent years, and that Phillips and Gabell have made misrepresentations regarding Gabell's income as a performer.
The suit seeks an accounting of all revenue earned by Zowie Bowie and Gabell to determine how much money is subject to garnishment to pay for Wilson's judgment.
While Zowie Bowie was performing at Red Rock, Gabell filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection in May 2007, listing monthly income of $3,400, assets of $5,365 in personal property and debt of $1.565 million including the judgment for Wilson and more than $17,000 owed to the IRS.
She withdrew the bankruptcy petition after the court ruled she could not use bankruptcy to avoid paying the judgment to Wilson.
In the bankruptcy case, Wilson said in an affidavit that in 1995 he was the vice president of the creative department at music publishing group Sony/ATV in Nashville when he was assigned to work with Gabell, a songwriter at the time.
He was 49, she was 25 and the most beautiful woman he had ever seen, Wilson said in the affidavit.
Wilson said that while the two worked together they started dating and this fact was known to his supervisors.
During their relationship he paid for her breast augmentation surgery and let her use his credit cards, Wilson said.
Wilson said in his affidavit that eventually she exceeded her spending budget and he demanded that she return the credit cards after she spent more than $45,000 on the cards for goods for herself, her family and a male "roommate"— apparently another boyfriend.
"As deeply as I cared for her, I finally realized that she was simply using me for my money," Wilson said in the affidavit. "I had no choice, this relationship had to end."
Wilson said that soon after this he lost his $100,000-per-year job after Gabell told Sony/ATV officials that he had sexually harassed her, stalked her, threatened to kill her and threatened to ruin her music career.
Wilson later sued Gabell in Davidson County Chancery Court in Nashville and won a default judgment against her; and he said that Gabell later admitted in a deposition that she had lied to Sony/ATV about the consensual nature of their relationship and withheld the credit card information from a Sony/ATV official. The deposition was for a lawsuit Wilson filed against Sony/ATV over his firing.
"Ms. Gabell's false accusations, which led to my termination, took more than a career from me. Because of her lies, I lost a 20-plus year career and was ostracized from the Nashville music community. Companies that were recruiting me months before failed to return my calls.
"I lost my home — a 100-acre farm that had been in my family since the 1800s. I could not afford to buy a present for my daughter's wedding. Ultimately, I left Nashville in disgrace," his affidavit said.
"At Sony, I made in excess of $100,000 per year, went to black-tie events and kept the company of country music stars and high-profile music executives. After I was terminated, the only job I could secure was as a doorman, standing in front of a Gatlinburg, Tenn., restaurant, hawking diners into the door for dinner."
Gabell's attorney, in responding to the bankruptcy affidavit, complained about several references by Wilson to his active sexual relationship with Gabell.
"In a blatantly transparent attempt to denigrate Gabell, Wilson presents salacious details of his purported relationship with Gabell more than a dozen years ago," attorney Zachariah Larson wrote in a court filing.
"Wilson does not present any evidence to show that Gabell intended to cause injury to Wilson," the filing said.
Larson noted that Wilson, in his filing, said Gabell's motivation for making the false statements was so she could work with Sony/ATV executive Don Cook, who had a record of success with performers Brooks & Dunn.
You notice these Golddiggers are performing in their third casino. Give me a break. The name of the game is MONEY! Ask Obama.!!!!!!
Funny stuff. What's with all the sleazy details.
Are there still old guys out there foolish enough to believe that girls half their age are with them because they really love them? Has never happened and will never happen. It's unfortunate that these relationships exist because they damage both parties in ways that they don't understand.
i'm sorry, but this guy sort of sounds like a schmuck that led a chica take advantage of him.
HOWEVER...
this girl should pay up. sexual charges are serious.
"this girl should pay up. "
Of course. There is a judgment entered against her. Now how she could cough up that kind of money, who knows. She looks like a high class stripper. Everone knows, despite the fact those girls make good money, they spend every bit of it.
According to the Bankruptcy Court's opinion granting a motion for summary judgment that this money judgment is not dischargeable in bankruptcy, Wilson has already received money on a damage award against Sony for "wrongful termination" arising out of his termination for pursuing Ms. Taylor/Gabell against her will, after she ended their relationship. Unfortunately, the Sun failed to review the court records and mention this important point in its story.
As a result, Mr. Wilson's vindictive whining about the consequences of his inability to keep it in his pants is disgusting.
The Las Vegas bankruptcy court judge determined that because Taylor/Gabell did not participate in Wilson's lawsuit against her in Tennessee, the Tennessee trial court entered an over-the-top money judgment against her, with no evidence supporting the dollar amount of the award except for Wilson's claims. In the court files, there is an indication that Taylor/Gabell did not defend herself in the Tennessee case because she could not afford an attorney at that time.
This case is a perfect example of what happens when men in positions of authority over female employees take advantage of them.
Young, stupid girls often submit to their older male supervisor's sexual advances. Then, when the girl wants to end the relationship, the man is angry and vindictive, and sometimes mentally unbalanced in continuing to pursue the girl who has decided to "Just say No".
Most large companies, like Sony, have an employment policy which states that supervisory employees may not pursue a subordinate seeking a romantic relationship, when the subordinate does not want it. Those policies are particularly important when the subordinate has intentionally terminated her prior romantic relationship with her supervisor.
In this case, the male supervisor's vindictiveness was compounded when the spurned older man went out and got an avaricious, money grubbing lawyer, to sue the female employee for "libel" when the woman complained to her employer that her male supervisor would not leave her alone.
In the bankruptcy judge's written opinion, ruling that this uncontested Tennessee judgment was not dischargeable in bankruptcy, he mentions that Taylor/Gabell apparently had been advised to flee Nashville to avoid Wilson and his lawsuit.
This lawsuit proves three things:
Men are scum when they seek to force themselves on younger female employees.
Even scummier are male lawyers representing male supervisorial employees who vindictively sue their female subordinates when sexual harassment complaints are made.
As is often the case, girls who are victims of sexual harassment in the workplace, after a relationship ends, cannot find lawyers to protect them, and must flee their jobs instead.
Mr. Wilson is clearly a predator, economically as well as in his "romantic life".
He had his fling and blew all his wad. What he failed to do was keep his eyes open and see what was happening. Too late now: it's tough luck.
Don't kid yourself, she's not a spring chica.
We can settle this like adults, just show me "they" are not real!?
why do people settle for whore looking trailer trash? i guess as long as they keep their eyes look lower at their rack i guess
"You notice these Golddiggers are performing in their third casino. Give me a break. The name of the game is MONEY! Ask Obama.!!!!!!"
You read as stupid and ignorant. Shhhhhhh.
"Wilson later sued Gabell ... and won a default judgment against her ..."
Bad move not defending herself against the initial lawsuit. Broke or not, when sued you've got to defend yourself somehow.
TO UNDERSTAND THE LEGALITIES OF THIS CASE PLEASE REFER TO THE "CONTRACT CLAUSE" OF OUR US CONSTUTUTION. ONCE SHE DEFAULTED IN THE TENNESSEE COURT SHE PROBABLY HAS LITTLE OR NO GROUNDS TO DEFEAT THE LAW SUIT IN NEVADA.
Pay the man what you owe him Lady, you ruined his life with your false allegations. You can make the money back escorting on your shows dark days in Macaw.
CynicalObserver
This was NOT an employer/employee thing. It was a business/client relationship as I read it. The lying bitch wanted to move up the food chain to a more successful producer (Don Cook).
To that end she totally devastated a guy's life and future, which she admitted doing all the while using him for her selfish ends.
All Dan Wilson is doing is asking a local court to review pay records and the like for the application of a proper and legal garnishment in hopes of getting something a court of competent jurisdiction awarded him.
You would do no less. Nor would any of us.
Trying to declare bankruptcy is going to be pretty hard to prove when you live like royalty. Just Google Zowie Bowie and see the lavish lifestyle they lead. One article stated that they "Eat out at every meal." I will have to find the link and post it. My question is, "How can you afford such beautiful outfits, go to the best hair-dressers, go to red carpet events with Orlando Bloom, Jay Leno and Vince Neil and wear the kind of clothes she's wearing and live that kind of lifestyle and be broke? The money has to come from somewhere! Just Google Zowie Bowie. Go to their Facebook and Twitter accounts. If they're broke, then all of us should declare bankruptcy. Anyway, I just heard that Marley left the guy in the picture for a Las Vegas Conductor.
One more fact: If she didn't have the money to hire a lawyer - if she was really broke - then why didn't she seek free council? Please explain what a pro bono attorney is for! Or why didn't she just represent herself as Pro Se? You see people doing it all on the time with Judge Judy. At least she wouldn't have received a default judgment. She didn't show up, so the judge automatically issued a default judgment.
Additionally this article fails to provide Marley's lifestle: She's living in the lap of luxury, hanging with Vince Neil, Jay Leno and attending red carpet events while eating out at every meal. How can she honestly be broke? What about the clothes she's wearing? I find it hard to believe she's broke and trying to declare bankruptcy while working in Las Vegas and promoting herself in such a way that would make people believe that she has money. Wilson really got the shaft. He went from a top position at Sony records to just being a doorman while she's on the cover of Today Magazine and living an amazing lifestyle. Just Google her lifestyle and tell me just how broke Marley really is? Explain why she's eating out at every meal and attentiond red carpet events with Hollywood A listers and wearing such extravagant outfits. I'd like to know because those outfits are very expensive! She may be broke, but what about her LLC?
I'm really interested in following up on this case as I'd like to know if they can actually garnish her LLC. Her personal affairs are separate entity from an LLC. Wilson sued Marley, but he didn't get a judgment from the LLC. Can an attorney legally garnish her LLC since the judgment was issued against Marley only? Those funds could very well be exempt from garnishment...Please keep us informed. I'm really interested in knowing how she can walk into a court and declare bankruptcy while living that kind of lifestyle. I wonder why the civil courts where I lived are backed up for two years. And, we as taxpayers are paying for this mess! Geesh!
New up-date: I just found out that the Palms is rewarding Zowie Bowie with a multi-million dollar contract. http://www.bestofvegas.com/articles/Zowi...
I mean I knew something didn't seem right. Those outfits and the lavish lifestyle they portray online didn't correlate with walking into bankruptcy court. I'd love to see a follow-up article on the whole story.