A Queens singer who has worked with the likes of Britney Spears has filed an $18 million lawsuit against her management company for allegedly trashing her as a racist trollop.
In her Manhattan Supreme Court suit, Annet Artani says that instead of furthering her career, SWAP Management portrayed her as a lazy bimbo whose “constant offerings of sexual favors for a recording contract caused her to lose much credibility with some of the music community.”
The company made the charges in a scathing letter that also accused her of having lied about her age and of having “refused to work with producers based on their gender and/or ethnic background.”
Artani’s lawyer, Donato Guadagnoli, said all of the charges are false and “atrocious.”
“Annet’s a talented artist, and her career was derailed by this company,” Guadagnoli added.
The suit says the “malicious statements” that she was involved “in prostitution activities” were also “the catalyst to an eventual breakdown of [Artani’s] marriage.”
SWAP CEO Anel Pla said all of the allegations in the letter are true, and they’ll defend the case “tooth and nail. I am not backing down whatsoever.”
Artani co-wrote the Britney Spears hit “Everytime.”