NAMES IN THE NEWS : Iglesias Sued Over Song Credit
- Share via
A Miami woman is suing Julio Iglesias on the grounds that he defrauded her of royalties from a song they wrote together. Grecia (Mimi) Korman wants $50,000 in damages, plus interest, court costs and attorney fees.
Korman says that in 1978 Iglesias asked her to help write a Spanish adaptation of the French song “J’ai Oublie de Vivre” (“I’ve Forgotten to Live”). She says she worked with some of his preliminary lyrics and a month later presented him with a finished product.
The song appeared on at least seven albums with Korman and Iglesias listed as co-writers, but Korman says Iglesias entered into a contract with the French publishers of the song, presenting himself as the sole writer.
More From the Los Angeles Times
Podcasts
The latest effort is coming from the L.A. County Board of Supervisors. They just announced a $3 million program in conjunction with some nonprofits groups to test and clean the soil at homes still standing in the areas impacted by the Eaton Fire.
California once bet big on offshore wind to help power its clean-energy future, but the Trump administration is now paying developers billions to walk away from their projects. As California’s remaining offshore-wind leases hang in the balance, the state is fighting back in court.
The Hillside Strangler murders terrorized Los Angeles in the late 1970s. The killers were a pair of sadistic cousins. One confessed. The other was set to stand trial—until L.A. prosecutors flinched.
