Hall & Oates open up about their split and bitter legal battle

nme.com:

Daryl Hall has explained why he is suing John Oates – claiming that he was left “blindsided” by his plan to sell a business stake – while the latter described the claims as “inaccurate”.Daryl Hall wrote a strongly worded statement about Oates’ alleged breach of their business partnership agreement in a declaration filed in Nashville Chancery Court last night (November 29).Obtained by Rolling Stone, the outlet reported that Hall accused his bandmate of making a “completely clandestine and bad faith move” by trying to sell a share of their business without Hall’s consent.

It also claims that he was only told about the deal to sell half of Whole Oats Enterprises (WOE) to Primary Wave just two days before he was set to leave on a month-long tour.According to the report, Hall objects to the sale as he disagrees with the “business model” of Primary Wave, and thinks a sale could do “unimaginable” harm to the trademarks, personal name, royalties and online properties of Whole Oats Enterprises.“I was blindsided by this information,” Hall said of the proposed sale. “I have no intention of becoming partners with Primary Wave, and the Oates Trust cannot be permitted to thrust a new partner upon me in this outrageous fashion.” He also claimed that Oates and his lawyers “violated” the nature of their partnership by engaging in the unauthorised transaction “completely behind my back”.Elsewhere in his statement, Hall said he incurred substantial legal fees during the mediation and was under the impression Oates was being “protective” of his ownership of Whole Oats Enterprises. “There was never a hint that he would try to ambush me with a sale,” he wrote.In response to the declaration, Oates responded to his bandmate’s “inflammatory,.