By Page Six | Created at 2026-09-02 14:12:01 | Updated at 2026-09-02 15:07:00
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Alanis Morissette is accusing her former tour manager of a “calculated blackmail campaign” in a new lawsuit.
On Tuesday, the singer filed a complaint alleging her “disgruntled” ex-employee Keren Urinov threatened to report her for drug trafficking, per Entertainment Weekly.
Morissette claimed Urinov attempted to extort the Grammy winner into “employ[ing] her as a tour director for fifteen years and pay[ing] her massive compensation,” according to court docs.
Morissette’s lawsuit stated she “will not be coerced into delivering her blackmailer an extraordinary payday” and is suing for civil extortion, fraud, and negligent misrepresentation in order “to expose Urinov’s scheme and hold her accountable.”
She is seeking a jury trial and compensatory damages of over $75,000.
The “Jagged Little Pill” hitmaker, notably, hired Urinov to temporarily work on her world tour last year.
She alleged that in June 2025, Urinov’s bag was seized at the aiport while flying to Spain for a concert over allegedly containing marijuana and xylazine, a non-opioid animal tranquilizer.
Upon Morissette and her team returning to the United Kingdom the next day, Urinov was subjected to further questioning by British Border Force and said the drugs “belonged to her.”
However, Urinov and her attorney then, Morissette claimed, “sent a series of increasingly extortionate letters” and threatened to “file a patently frivolous lawsuit against Morissette in the United Kingdom for unspecified claims if Morissette refused to tell British law enforcement that the alleged drugs were hers.”
Urinov took legal action against Morissette 13 days before the songwriter’s filing — but it is unclear what allegations she is making.
According to the outlet, she filed a claim against Morissette in London’s King Bench Division, which handles cases of defamation, misuse of private information, data protection and harassment by publication.
This is a developing story…
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