Pop star Guy Sebastian says he endured years of “hell” and was pushed to “the darkest points in my life” throughout his combat to deliver his now-jailed former supervisor Titus Day to justice for embezzling his earnings.
Day, 49, was final week jailed for no less than 2½ years after he was discovered responsible by a NSW District Court jury of swindling Mr Sebastian of $620,000 price of royalties and efficiency charges.
Day has already flagged his intention to lodge an enchantment towards the jury’s verdict.
In a sufferer impression assertion tendered to the courtroom and this week launched by choose Tim Gartelmann, Mr Sebastian detailed how he had struggled with anger, resentment and belief points since Day’s deception was uncovered.
“It’s difficult to sum up the impact that Titus Day’s crimes have had. Obviously, I’ve personally been traumatised by this ordeal, but it has impacted so many others beyond myself,” Mr Sebastian mentioned in his two-page sufferer impression assertion.
“From the time I discovered missing money almost five years ago, what he has put me and my family through has been horrific. The financial toll is one thing, but the mental torture that we have had to endure to achieve justice pushed me and my wife to the edge.”
A jury earlier this 12 months discovered Day responsible of 34 counts of embezzlement. He was discovered not responsible of an extra 13 prices.
The courtroom was advised Day embezzled cash from Mr Sebastian’s performances, together with a tour with Taylor Swift and an ambassadorship with Dreamworld.
Day was Mr Sebastian’s supervisor since 2009, however the pair had a bitter falling out in 2017. Following their separation, Mr Sebastian claimed he discovered anomalies in his monetary data.
Mr Sebastian detailed how he perceived Day to be “part of my family”; nonetheless, “cracks” began appearing.
“Every time I was seeking answers to missing monies, I was met with threats and lies,” Mr Sebastian mentioned.
“I was told if I pursue this, that my reputation would be ruined, my family would be ruined.”
He mentioned Day started to leak false, detrimental tales to the media and unfold his model of occasions to colleagues within the music business.
“There are many powerful people that are being told his version of events without seeing any of the evidence and this has been spread throughout the industry I work in and has caused me great harm because it has been perceived as though I am the one at fault,” Mr Sebastian mentioned.
Mr Sebastian mentioned Day was “using my money to bail himself out of these poor decisions which caused him to be backed into a corner financially”.
He mentioned his once-trusted supervisor had “pulled the rug out” from below his “belief systems”, and he had struggled with anger, resentment and distrust.
“The psychological impact of this fight for justice has driven me to the point of complete depression,” Mr Sebastian mentioned.
“I have sought therapy to deal with the broken trust, the deception, the betrayal and financial loss. I have been at the darkest points in my life during this process.”
Mr Sebastian mentioned after being advised that his excursions have been unprofitable, he was compelled to chop budgets and made choices to not make investments cash into makes an attempt to crack abroad markets.
“I couldn’t believe how much money Titus actually took from me,” Mr Sebastian mentioned.
“I was working to the bone, constantly away from my family.”
He described Day as “deplorable” and “evil”, having abused his place of belief.
“This man has put me, my family and those around me through hell,” Mr Sebastian mentioned.
