Journey works exclusively with mega-promoter Live Nation, but that’s not stopping guitarist Neal Schon from suing the company.
The suit claims that on March 14th, 2017, while Journey was performing “Don’t Stop Believin'” at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Neal’s wife, former reality TV star Michaele, was assaulted by a security guard hired by Live Nation.
Michaele says, “I was suddenly attacked and shoved into the PA. Journey security guards came to my assistance, once seeing the attack.. At the end of the [venue’s security] tape, you see one of the security guards position him against the barrier and later remove him from Neal’s protected area while I’m running off because I did break down crying.
And Neal adds, “After 50 years of performing professionally, I have never seen anything like this before… It was definitely intentional… What is even worse is that I don’t believe anyone believed that my wife was seriously, mentally or physically, harmed by this incident, even though she has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis since 1993. [A doctor found] newly developed lesions on her brain, which were due to the trauma from the attack that she sustained.”
The Schons claim that the 20 seconds showing the incident have since been removed from the tape and they are seeking unspecified damages.
