Linda Cummings-Ramone, who dated Joey years before marrying Johnny, contends the brother, Mitchel Hyman, just wants to push her out of Ramones Productions Inc., the company in charge of the band’s work, aaccording to New York Post.
“Their main objective is to torment Ms. Ramone until she agrees to sell her interests in RPI. Regrettably, [they] appear willing to allow the band’s legacy to decay, in order to benefit their own self-interest,” she said in legal papers.
Instead of guarding the band’s brand and helping to grow it by bringing in new fans, Cummings-Ramone, 63, claims Hyman, and director David Frey, have sabotaged business deals and “effectively shut down” Ramones Productions Inc.
Hyman, a musician who goes by the stage name Mickey Leigh, and Frey “refuse to engage with the Ramones’ record label, its social media creative agency, its merchandising partners, or its long-term business managers” while they “regularly create internecine disputes and unnecessary work that drains the company of funds,” the widow contends in a Jan. 19 Manhattan Supreme Court lawsuit.
