![]() Abrams' fiance, Kim Frazier, said he is working on a new recording to follow his 2001 solo album, "Welcome to Me." Gables says Abrams long ago spent all the money he made during his Color Me Badd days: "He has nothing to show for it, except the ASCAP publishing he co-owns with other members of the group. Welch that his client didn't know about the child support agreement and is seeking to have it overturned. ![]() Bryan Abrams issued a statement claiming, "My ex-wife's allegations are simply that: 'allegations.' I prefer to tell my side of the story in court, where I am confident that God will see that truth prevails." Abrams attorney, Floyd Taylor, told District Judge Allen J. The singer has played no role in the life of their 3-year-old daughter, Ashly Abrams alleges. ![]() Ashly Abrams, a hairdresser, said she helped pay Bryan Abrams' legal fees against Gables until their own three-year marriage ended in 2003. Their hits included "I Wanna Sex You Up" and "I Adore Mi Amor." Gables estimates she has spent $10,000 trying to recover support owed by Abrams, who now works in an Oklahoma City tire store. The 35-year-old Abrams was one of the founding members of the Oklahoma-based quartet, whose debut album, "C.B.M.," sold more than 8 million copies. Thornton is represented in court by attorney Jeffrey Meunier of Carmel, Ind.Shon Gables, a news anchor for WCBS in New York City, filed the lawsuit and appeared in Oklahoma County District Court earlier this week with the singer's other ex-wife, Ashly Abrams. Thornton also seeks damages for emotional distress, claiming that Abrams engaged in extreme conduct toward him to humiliate and exclude him from the band.Ī week before he filed the suit, Thornton tweeted his former band mates a message that said, "As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord," and included two images of religious prayers. In addition to dissolution, Thornton's complaint specifically asks the court to declare the legal rights and status of the band members with regard to their corporation. Thornton says CMB Entertainment should be dissolved since it was created under false pretenses, noting that "Abrams' statements that he was sober at the time CMB were formed were false and fraudulent."Įxcluding Kember also puts the LLC at risk since the bookings were made based on his billing in the shows, according to the complaint.Ībrams has had problems with the law before, including guilty pleas for drunken driving and domestic violence. several significant bookings," according to the complaint. Kember's "chemistry" with the band has brought it "international recognition. The civil court battle pits Abrams against Shon Gables, a former Oklahoma City newscaster who now anchors the WCBS news in New York City. It has been just over a year since Abrams announced his voluntary departure from the band via Twitter amid his escalating conduct, Thornton notes. Former Color Me Badd singer Bryan Abrams, once a star in the 1990s boy band craze, is working at an Oklahoma City tire store and fighting claims made by two ex wives that he's a deadbeat dad. "As the band began to do shows Abrams problems became increasingly apparent and caused significant negative publicity for the band and the asset of the LLC." "In fact as it turned out Abrams had not been sober," Thornton continues. When the R&B vocal group reunited in 2010, "Abrams informed Thornton that he was sober and had been for a time," the complaint states. Questioning whether Abrams has resolved the substance-abuse issues that affected his "ability to function in the band" back in the '90s, Thornton says that Calderon and Abrams are now trying to exclude him from their business entity, CMB Entertainment LLC.Ĭolor Me Badd's early albums, "C.M.B." and "Time and Chance," reached platinum status in the early 1990s, but the disbanded in 1998 after the release of "Awakening." The band behind "I Wanna Sex You Up" allegedly replaced Abrams in recent years with a new singer, Martin Kember, but Abrams has recently convinced Calderon "to allow him back into the band to the exclusion of Kember," according to the complaint. 22 in Marion County Superior Court against Bryan Abrams and Mark Calderon, the two other original members of the R&B vocal group. Kevin Thornton filed the complaint on Jan. INDIANAPOLIS (CN) - Color Me Badd's original front man should not be welcomed back, his former band mate claims in court, noting substance-abuse issues that hurt the group before.
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