'American Idol' Fantasia Barrino's Manager Exonerated of $15,000 Theft From Church
Harvest Family Church Employee Issues Apology for Accusations
The manager of Fantasia Barrino, "American Idol" season 3 winner, was recently exonerated from accusations that they took $15,000 from Harvest Family Church and failed to honor a scheduled appearance at the place of worship.
In March, Barrino and Dickens made headlines after Matthew Herman, Music Ministry Team Organizer for Harvest Family Church, made accusations about the singer's absence from a scheduled appearance.
"Fantasia's Manager agreed on the $15,000 contract and then magically became unavailable. Just like he's done with other people in the past," Herman tweeted in March. "I only dealt with Fantasia's manager because she won't do business without him. Very unfortunate. Such a sad career for her with him."
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Dickens, president of BD Management, publicly responded to the accusations after they were made by Herman.
"These accusations are without merit and are false. BD Management and Brian Dickens have been completely ethical and professional in every interaction with The Harvest Family Church," Dickens' representatives told The Urban Daily in March. "Additionally, Mr. Dickens has never met or communicated directly with Mr. Herman. Mr. Dickens is devastated by these false and unfounded accusations from Mr. Herman."
Months after Dickens said he would seek legal action against Herman, the employee of Harvest Family Church in Fayetteville, NC., offered an apology to Fantasia and her manager on Twitter.
"On March 14,2012 I posted false and harmful statements about Fantasia's manager Brian Dickens, BD Management and Fantasia to my @Matthewwrites twitter account. Neither Fantasia's manager Brian Dickens or BD Management ever confirmed an appearance date for Fantasia to appear at the Harvest Family Church," Dickens tweeted on Friday.
He continued: "Neither Fantasia's Manager Brian Dickens or BD Management were ever paid by or took any money at any time from Harvest Family Church. I regret that certain blogs picked up on my statements and added to them to create additional misstatements about Mr. Dicks and BD Management."
