Guy Sebastian has spoken of his relief after his former manager Titus Day was found guilty of embezzling more than $600,000 of the pop star’s money.
Day, 49, was found guilty last month by a jury of more than 30 of 47 charges after he was accused of stealing almost $900,000 from Sebastian.
The Battle Scars hitmaker, 40, told The Kyle and Jackie O Show on Wednesday the case had been a ‘painful fight’.
Guy Sebastian (seen outside court in May) has spoken of his relief after his former manager Titus Day was found guilty of embezzling more than $600,000 of the pop star’s money
‘It’s a pretty significant charge and it was a painful fight. It went on for so long,’ Sebastian told radio hosts Kyle Sandilands and Jackie ‘O’ Henderson.
‘I’ve just been so confused by it all. It’s hard to imagine we had to get to that place.’
Day will remain free on bail after another attempt to have him locked up for embezzlement was shut down in court.
Crown prosecutor David Morters SC had applied for Day to be thrown behind bars while awaiting sentencing in September, arguing a jail sentence was all but certain.
Day, 49, (pictured outside court on July 12) was found guilty last month by a jury of more than 30 of 47 charges after he was accused of stealing almost $900,000 from Sebastian
But Justice Peter Garling dismissed the detention application in the NSW Supreme Court on Tuesday and Day’s bail was continued.
It was the second time an attempt by prosecutors to have Day imprisoned had been dismissed.
While on bail, Day must report at Waverley Police Station every Wednesday, and has had to surrender his passport.
‘It’s a pretty significant charge and it was a painful fight. It went on for so long,’ Sebastian (pictured on set of The Voice Australia) told The Kyle and Jackie O Show on Wednesday
The amounts of money Day was alleged to have embezzled ranged from $361.34 in royalties to $187,524 in performance fees.
One charge concerned a $21,000 ambassadorship.
Judge Tim Gartelmann had earlier ordered the jury to return not guilty verdicts for three charges of embezzlement on June 9, after prosecutors admitted Day had no case to answer.
Those charges related to Day allegedly embezzling royalty payments of $13,380.60, $936 and $361.34 between 2014 and 2020.
Day (left, with Sebastian in happier times) will remain free on bail after another attempt to have him locked up for embezzlement was shut down in court
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