Claiming in a new lawsuit that, Keren Urinov threatened to falsely report her for drug trafficking unless she pays a “ransom under the gun,” Alanis Morissette is suing her former tour manager for fraud and extortion.
Alleging she’s a victim of a “calculated blackmail campaign” orchestrated by the music executive, the legal complaint, obtained and reported by Billboard, alleges the former manager promised not to go ahead with the baseless threats on the condition she was hired as tour director under a 15-year contract.
“Morissette will not agree to work with an incompetent blackmailer for the next 15 years or pay her a ransom under the gun.” “She has no choice but to sue,” read the lawsuit.
The former head of Israeli operations at Live Nation for nine years, Urinov was hired by Morissette in 2025 to manage the singer’s tour that summer.
Trouble allegedly arose in July 2025, when the lawsuit claims Urinov was questioned at a UK airport for transporting a bag containing marijuana and xylazine.
According to the lawsuit, after the tour ended, Urinov sent Morissette a “series of increasingly extortionate letters,” allegedly threatening to tell British authorities that the drugs belonged to Morissette unless the singer granted Urinov a 15-year, full-time tour director contract with “massive compensation”.
“Morissette is not interested in employing Urinov for 15 years, not only because she is a blackmailer, but also because she was a terrible manager of the 2025 tour,” concluded the lawsuit.
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Author: Saul Goode
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