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August 10, 2000
I just got this in an email today...I haven't heard anything about
this anywhere else, yet, but I'm sure it's true because, really,
it's one hell of a tale if it's not true.

In what might become known as the war of the black roses, Renee
Davis, the estranged wife of Korn lead singer Jonathan Davis, is
suing her husband for half of his income over the couple's nine-year
relationship. The couple recently separated. Renee filed suit in
Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday (Aug. 9),
claming Jonathan has failed to live up to his end of the bargain
mutually agreed upon by the couple since they began their romantic
relationship in 1991, while Jonathan was in the
fledgling rock band Sex Art.

The suit claims Renee, since the age of 17, had taken care of the
majority of Jonathan's personal matters, including caring for the
couple's son, handling personal financial matters, caring for the
couple's various homes, driving him around (the suit claims Jonathan
has a severe fear of driving) -- you name it, she handled it. In
return, according to the suit, Jonathan promised on numerous
occasions to financially care for Renee and their son, Nathan Davis,
for the rest of their lives.

The suit reads, in part, "On several occasions, [Jonathan] orally
promised to take care of both [Renee] and their son for the rest of
their respective lives, stating that he had enough financial
resources for all of them. Relying upon this promise, at no time did
[Renee] pursue any career or further schooling beyond her high school
diploma, and she devoted herself solely to being [Jonathan's]
companion and homemaker."

Renee claims the couple had an oral contract based on these alleged
promises, and that their relationship consisted of "mutual
interdependence, sharing of lives, caring, love, raising their son,
and of commitment and support. It was also the common intention
during the period of cohabitation that both parties have a beneficial
interest in all property acquired during the relationship, and
[Renee] relied on this intention, to her detriment."

The couple eventually married in November, 1998, several years after
Jonathan allegedly asked Renee to stop working and solely care
for "the defendant, the parties' home, and their son." Now, two years
later, Renee is accusing Jonathan of a "scheme designed to deny
[Renee] payment for the agreed upon services and/or her agreed
portion of [Jonathan's income] stream from the albums released by the
band Korn and all other related Korn entities."

The final straw appears to have come last August, when Jonathan
allegedly promised to place the couple's new Los Angeles-area home in
her name -- a promise the singer has allegedly failed to live up
to. "The total amount by which the reasonable value of the work,
labor, and services rendered by [Renee] exceeded the value of support
received by [Renee] is unknown at this time. Said sum shall be
determined at the time of trial."

Renee Davis is suing for breach of implied contract, declaratory
relief, accounting and constructive trust, fraud, promissory
estoppel, and quantum meruit.



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