Word is that, before Krewella truly got famous, they were rolling with two meta-accomplished managers: Barbara Kennedy, who has worked with Madonna, and Terry Casey, who worked with everyone from The Beatles to Bob Marley. As the story from their lawsuit goes, they met Krewella in August of 2010, back when they were ‘functionally and substantially unknown on the national music scene’. The managerial duo’s attorney Jonathan Plaut says they introduced Krewella to people at Sony (note: they’re signed to Columbia, a label that’s owned by Sony Music Entertainment), and also to promoters and the folks at Webster Hall.

Kennedy and Casey ended up signing a six-year contract to manage Krewella in October of 2011, and as the NY Post reports, they immediately secured their $400,00 Columbia contract, introduced them to Mariah Carey’s producers (??), and booked an international tour for the trio. Between their deal with Columbia Records and their international tour, many are now wondering why the Krew decided to drop Kennedy and Casey as managers in March 2012, with five years left on their contract and, allegedly, only an email from the trio saying how they were ready to “move on” was received without citing any reason why.

The general assumption is that Krewella latched onto these powerful, proven managers to rise through the ranks quickly only to then drop them like a bad bassline when the money came.

This of course has led Kennedy and Casey to sue Krewella to uphold the contract they signed in 2011 and the two managers are asking for “20 to 25 percent commissions on all their income until 2016 when the contract was set to expire. They also want the court to order Krewella to disclose how much money they’ve made since 2011″.

Now this may sound kind of wild, but its also understandable if they signed that contract until 2016. However theres more to ponder though; if Krewella had not risen to the Billboard-charting trio that they are today, would this lawsuit even be going down? and when did this lawsuit get filed? It’s kind of coincidental timing and generates suspicion that Kennedy and Casey’s lawsuit hits the newswire after ‘Get Wet’ is released.

In any case, Krewella’s attorney says that, “These allegations are entirely without merit and Krewella looks forward to vindicating their position in court”.

We’ll keep you posted on this as the situation develops, stay tuned!