Alanis Morissette has filed a lawsuit in the United States accusing her former tour manager, Keren Urinov, of fraud and extortion over an alleged scheme to demand a 15-year contract by threatening to report the singer for drug trafficking.
The complaint, authored by entertainment lawyer Howard King and filed Tuesday (Sept. 1), alleges that Urinov, an Israeli live music executive, threatened to make false statements to British authorities unless Morissette hired her as tour director under a 15-year contract.
“Morissette will not agree to work with an incompetent blackmailer for the next 15 years or pay her a ransom under the gun,” the lawsuit states. “She has no choice but to sue.”
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Urinov, who spent nine years as head of Israeli operations at Live Nation, was hired by Morissette in 2025 to manage the singer’s summer tour. The lawsuit says trouble arose during team travel in July 2025, when Urinov was questioned at a United Kingdom airport for transporting a bag containing marijuana and xylazine.
After the tour ended, Urinov allegedly sent Morissette a “series of increasingly extortionate letters.” The letters threatened to tell British authorities that the drugs belonged to Morissette unless the singer granted Urinov a 15-year, full-time tour director contract with “massive compensation,” according to the complaint.
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“Morissette is not interested in employing Urinov for 15 years, not only because she is a blackmailer, but also because she was a terrible manager of the 2025 tour,” the lawsuit states. Morissette claims that in addition to other blunders, Urinov cost the tour $70,000 with a hotel booking error.
The lawsuit says Morissette is suing to “expose Urinov’s scheme and hold her accountable” and is seeking unspecified financial damages.
The law firm representing Urinov did not immediately return a request for comment on Tuesday. Urinov recently filed a legal claim of her own against Morissette in London on Aug. 19. Details of that case were not immediately available, though court records categorize it as a claim related to “media and communications.”
