WASHINGTON
A court in the United States has dropped a lawsuit filed by Latin pop star Julio Iglesias' agency against the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, or the TRNC, in a row over a cancelled show at a Turkish Cypriot hotel back in 2010.
The Washington court ruled that the lawsuit was a politically motivated one, saying that dispute was contractual and that it had nothing to do with the Turkish Cypriot state.
The lawsuit filed by Iglesias' management company International Creative Talent Agency asking the TRNC to pay a $10 million in damages followed a previous case the Turkish Cypriot hotel management had pressed against the agency to return a $250,000 retainer fee paid prior to the cancellation of the show. The agency had refused to return the advance payment.
"This is a case which has been successfully concluded on the part of the TRNC for the court explicitly mentioned the name of the Turkish Cypriot state on the records," TRNC's Representative in Washington Ahmet Erdengiz told the Anadolu Agency.
Iglesias cancelled his show at the Merit Crystal Hotel at Girne in October 2010, bowing to mounting pressures from the Greek Cypriot side which had earlier forced stars such as Jennifer Lopez, Justin Timberlake and Rihanna to withdraw from performances.
