Mama June Shannonhas taken her former friend to court and was awarded a legal victory.
On Wednesday night, theMama June: Road to Redemptionstar, 43, appeared on an episode of A&E’sCourt Night Live, where she was suing former friend and YouTuberAdam Barta.
When asked why she never proposed a contract herself, Shannon explained, “Because [during] that time, I was in between management, doing stuff on my own. And at first, I didn’t think he was going to constantly just ask and ask and ask [for my involvement].”
For his part, Barta denied there was ever a financial agreement between them, confirming that Shannon would be paid for her involvement. “I texted the contract to her, she did not sign it, never acknowledged it at all,” he explained to the judge. “I sent it back in March of this year.”
“We’ve done so much work together over the years so we’ve established this relationship,” Barta claimed.
Ultimately, the judge ruled in favor of Shannon, stating that her celebrity status was what “drew [Barta] to her like a moth to a flame,” and demanded that Barta must pay her the $5K and list her as an executive producer on the project.
“I just want my friend back, that’s all I want,” Barta said after the ruling. “She deserves [the executive producer title] but this was a project close to my heart.”
“He’s actually getting a very, very good deal,” Shannon told cameras afterward. “Normally, it would be $25,000+ and I hope his show succeeds … and I hope he’s okay with losing all the money that he has put aside for this project.”
Barta issued a statement on the matter to PEOPLE.
“I still have much love for June,” Barta said. “And although I don’t agree with this at all, the fact that she wants to be an executive producer so bad on this project, to me, shows how successful she thinks this project is going to be.”
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Shannon previously appeared on a May 2021 episode of Barta’sCelebrity Couch Coasterseries with her then-boyfriendGeno Doak.
“I’m trying to support Adam, I’m trying to support myself and we’re just trying to make some f—ing money,” she said while on the show. “I went from losing Honey Boo Boo and bouncing my big ass up again toMama June: From Not to Hot, then I went through my little f—ed up, crazy thing. And now I’m back on the top.”
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In 2014, Shannon was linked toconvicted sex offenderMark McDaniel, which prompted the cancellation of her TLC seriesHere Comes Honey Boo Boo. That same yearShannon’s daughter Anna revealed that she was a victim of McDanielstarting when she was 8 years old.She told PEOPLEthat he “would try and touch [her] and all that stuff” when he was dating her mother.
In 2019, while dating boyfriend Doak,Shannon was arrestedon charges of possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia after she allegedly had crack cocaine and a crack pipe on her. Doak was also arrested and charged with third-degree domestic violence, possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. She later admitted she and Doak had a"$2,500 a day" meth addiction.
In August 2020, Shannon revealed on Instagram she wassix months sober, writing, “It’s probably the most thing I’m proud of.”
In June, she confirmed on Instagram that she had tied the knot with boyfriend of less than a year,Justin Stroud, at a Georgia courthouse on their six-month anniversary on March 23: “[We] are off the market!” she wrote.
source: people.com
