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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Maybelyn B. Paden

Neil Young Slaps Donald Trump With $10M Lawsuit Over Rally Song, Claiming Breach of 2020 Pact

Neil Young sues Donald Trump for $10 million over ‘rockin’ in the free world’ rally use (Credit: Gorupdebesanez/Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0)

Neil Young has launched a $10 million (€8.6 million and £7.5 million) lawsuit against one of Donald Trump's political action committees, accusing it of playing his song 'Rockin' in the Free World' at an Ohio rally in breach of a 2020 agreement.

The complaint, filed on Monday in federal court in Richmond, Virginia, names the Trump 47 Committee and concerns the song's use before Trump took the stage at a 12 October rally in Youngstown.

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