Walter Becker’s Family Responds To Donald Fagen Lawsuit

Walter Becker’s estate has issued a response to the lawsuit filed by the late Steely Dan rocker’s bandmate Donald Fagen. In his suit, Fagen claims that Becker’s family has not honored a Buy/Sell agreement surrounding the band’s name which the pair agreed upon in 1972. “We believe the agreement to which Mr. Fagen refers in his suit . . .”More »

By on November 27, 2017

Walter Becker’s estate has issued a response to the lawsuit filed by the late Steely Dan rocker’s bandmate Donald Fagen. In his suit, Fagen claims that Becker’s family has not honored a Buy/Sell agreement surrounding the band’s name which the pair agreed upon in 1972. “We believe the agreement to which Mr. Fagen refers in his suit – drafted 45 years ago – was not in effect at the time of Walter’s death,” a representative for Becker’s estate said in a statement to Rolling Stone. “Mr. Fagen’s lawsuit, riddled with half-truths and omissions, misleadingly fails to state that the day after Walter died, Mr. Fagen had his lawyer send a demand letter to Walter’s estate, thus beginning a legal campaign against Walter’s family immediately after his death.” They add: “Since Walter’s passing, we have endeavored to achieve a compromise with Mr. Fagen. We were close to a resolution with his longtime counsel who he suddenly fired. We then negotiated in good faith with replacement counsel who Mr. Fagen also fired. Mr. Fagen’s third and current lawyer did not even attempt to contact us prior to filing a lawsuit.” Copyright(c) 2017 RTTNews.com. All Rights ReservedLess «