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Will Kevin Federline Get Britney's Book Royalities?
Tuesday, April 3, 2007

That is, if Britney ever wrote a book. Apparently not, as she had an air-tight prenup, reports say, giving him only $1 million from their marriage.

But Mrs. Walter Mosley gets plenty: 25% of books published even after they were divorced!

Walter Mosley, author of Devil in a Blue Dress, is being sued by his ex-wife for money she says he agreed to pay out of income from several of his books.
Joy Kellman says in court papers that Mosley owes her at least $500,000, plus interest, from earnings on 11 books as provided by their divorce agreement. Some of the books were published after their divorce.
The two were married from Sept. 5, 1987, until June 19, 2001, and had no children.
Mosley, whose Devil in a Blue Dress was made into a movie starring Denzel Washington in 1995, is author of a crime series featuring private detective Easy Rawlins and sidekick Mouse. These and a few other books are the subject of Kellman's lawsuit.
Mosley's attorney, Kenneth Burrows, said he had no comment on the lawsuit.
Kellman's court papers, filed Wednesday in Manhattan's state Supreme Court, say Mosley failed to pay her 25% share of income from new editions or movie and TV versions of the books and from new formats such as audio books.
Mosley also did not provide tax returns, royalty statements and other documentation about his income from 2001 through 2004, as required in the divorce agreement, until 2006, her court papers say, and much of the required information is still missing.

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