Andra Day and her longtime manager, Jeffrey Evans, are in the midst of an acrimonious split, and they’re going to court over it. Both parties filed lawsuits this week claiming the other owes them a significant amount of money, with Day going so far as to say she was left “facing eviction” and “unable to pay the monthly minimum on her credit-card debt.” In two lawsuits reviewed by The Cut, the singer and actress says Evans has stolen nearly $1.6 million from her. Meanwhile, he claims it’s actually she who owes him money.

On Monday, Evans filed a breach-of-contract suit against Day, who was his client from 2011 until March of this year. In his complaint, Evans claims Day owes him money based on a contract that gives him a 40 percent cut of her publishing royalties and a 20 percent comm

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