- Neal Schon claims Trump’s spiritual advisor illegally accessed the band’s account.
- White Cain’s lawyer urged the public to cease believing Schon’s “nonsensical” assertion.
- Jonathan and Paula signed as co-trustees of Jonathan’s personal trust.
The ugly legal drama keeps rocking Neal Schon, a founding member of Journey, has written yet another cease-and-desist letter, this time to the spouse of keyboardist Jonathan Cain.
According to a Dec. 12 letter from Schon’s lawyer that was obtained by The Post, Paula White-Cain, a televangelist who has served as former President Donald Trump’s spiritual adviser and gave the invocation at his inauguration, is accused of allegedly giving herself access to the band’s bank accounts without Schon’s knowledge or consent.
However, in an exclusive statement to The Post, White-56-year-old Cain’s lawyer urged the public to cease believing Schon’s “nonsensical” assertion.
One of the many disagreements Schon, 68, and Cain, 72, are having is over the letter, as well as Cain’s performance of Journey songs at a recent Mar-a-Lago event. The most recent altercation occurs as fellow ’80s hitmakers Toto and Journey, who were both inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017, get ready to tour North America later this month.
Financial records examined by The Post show that White-signature Cain’s has been on allegedly Journey-related bank documents since at least July 2020. Schon requested White-Cain remove herself from the “Faithfully” band’s accounts by December 27 in his cease-and-desist letter. Who knows if that actually occurred.
The cease-and-desist letter states, “We have learned that in spite of the prior understanding between Mr. Schon and Mr. Jonathan Cain that the business of the band and the Journey Related Entities would be handled only by Mr. Schon and Mr. Cain as individuals, your name appears as an authorized signatory on the City National Bank accounts of Freedom JN LLC.
The letter reads, “We further demand that you cease and desist immediately and refrain in the future from inserting yourself in the business of the band and any legal entities employed by the band as this contradicts the existing agreement between Mr. Schon and Mr. Cain.
Invoking his firm’s policy “not to comment on any pending litigation,” Schon’s attorney declined to make a statement.
Alan Gutman, White-attorney, Cain’s referred to Schon’s assertion as “completely pretextual.” After meeting on a Southwest Airlines trip, Cain and White-Cain got married in 2015.
According to the Gutman statement given to The Post, “Neal’s counsel recommended Neal and Jonathan own their respective 50% interests in the band’s functioning entities through their personal trusts.”
Jonathan and Paula signed as co-trustees of Jonathan’s personal trust since Paula serves as one of the trustees. But if Neal’s attorney hadn’t reopened the case, that never would have happened.
Gutman claimed that for two years, Schon made no complaints about the arrangement.
“When Neal finally complained, Jonathan offered to have his ownership interest transferred from his personal trust to him personally,” the statement continues. “We do not need to explain the real reason why he started complaining, which had nothing to do with the fact that Paula was co-trustee of Jonathan’s trust or listed on any papers.
Although that proposal would have remedied the problem, Neal refuses to participate in any solution, proving once more that the complaint is a complete ruse.
The stadium song “Don’t Stop Believin'” has received more over 1 billion Spotify streams, and Journey has sold over 100 million records overall. The Billboard Hot 100 featured 25 singles by Journey, including “Open Arms,” “Who’s Crying Now,” and “Separate Ways (Worlds Apart).
“Journey’s Greatest Hits” is one of three albums that have ever spent 600 weeks on the Billboard 200, along with Bob Marley and the Wailers’ “Legend” and Pink Floyd’s “The Dark Side of the Moon.”
The Post quotes a source as saying that Schon was “shocked and in disbelief” when told by the bank that White-Cain had access to the accounts.
Schon addressed the issue with a post on November 21 on the Facebook page he and his wife, Michaele, who was a cast member of “The Real Housewives of DC” and famously stormed a state dinner at the White House in 2009, share.
Why do people bite the hand that feeds them when this is a BEAUTIFUL life with more than enough for everyone? Greed. Jealousy. Envy. Neal consented to make Cain a partner in 2020 because Cain expressed regret for his wrongdoings, and Neal forgave him in the expectation that Cain would at some point make amends, according to the post.
“Cain still hasn’t paid him. Paula White’s name was added to the Journey bank account by Jon Cain and Paula White without Neal Schön’s knowledge and in violation of his instructions as the company’s president and founder, against Neal’s wishes and the terms of the court agreement. The Bank recently disclosed that they completed this in 2020.
The declarations came three weeks after Schon sued Cain in October, asking for “complete access” to documents relating to Journey’s American Express account.
“The AMEX account belongs to Journey, not to Cain personally. According to information and belief, millions of dollars in Journey monies have passed through this AMEX account, according to the California lawsuit brought by Schon.
A case management meeting has been planned for March 2 and Cain’s response to the complaint is expected on January 13.
Schon’s access had to be terminated, according to Cain’s attorney, who claimed that he had billed more than $1 million in “improper personal costs” in November.
In a statement he gave to the publication, Cain said the lawsuit “lacks merit.”
Neal has always had access to his credit card information, but what he lacks—and what he really wants—is the capacity to raise his spending caps, according to his statement.
We will present the evidence to the court that demonstrates that Neal has been under extreme financial pressure as a result of his excessive spending and extravagant lifestyle, which caused him to rack up significant personal charges on the band’s credit card account. This is because Neal decided to make what is happening public.
The source claims that Schon and Cain are “business partners that don’t speak” as the tour, which begins on January 27, gets underway in Oklahoma.
“Neal is supporting the brand, the fans, and the music. He is all about that, the person claimed.
The insider continued, “There’s hope” White-Cain doesn’t join the upcoming tour leg because she has only sometimes traveled with the band in the past. The shows are in promotion of Journey’s recently released “Freedom” album.
After Cain performed the band’s music at a Mar-a-Lago gala in November with the assistance of background singers Marjorie Taylor Greene, Kimberly Guilfoyle, and Kari Lake, Schon’s lawyer wrote Cain a separate cease-and-desist on December 16.
Although Mr. Cain is free to express his personal opinions, doing so on behalf of Journey or the band is tremendously damaging to the Journey brand since it divides the band’s audience. The Schon letter, which The Post was able to get, states that “journey is not, and should not be, political.”
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