Journey Infighting Continues For AmEx Access

Neal Schon and Jonathan Cain

In October, Neal Schon filed a lawsuit against fellow Journey member Jonathan Cain. Now, Schon has served Cain with a cease-and-desist letter after he (Cain) performed at former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago.

Digital Music News report this latest testament to the Journey members’ evidently rocky relationship just recently came to light in a report from Variety; Schon has also penned several Twitter posts about the dispute. For background, 68-year-old Schon filed the mentioned lawsuit against 72-year-old Cain on October 31st, indicating therein that the two possess 50-50 ownership of a 24-year-old company called Nomota, “through which Journey operates.”

“Nomota’s records also contain financial information necessary for Schon and his representatives to determine the portion of Journey’s profits to which he is entitled as the founder and president of Journey,” the complaint reads. “Schon’s right to Journey profits is being controlled by Cain—Schon’s bandmate, who Schon brought into the band in the 1980s—and despite all of his requests and efforts, Schon has been unable to get full access.”

From there, Schon’s suit alleges that the company’s American Express had “been set up such that only Cain has control of the account and access to its records.”

Much of the concise action centers on the plaintiff’s purported inability to access this AmEx account, and Schon further maintained that “Cain is interfering with” the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame-inducted group by “refusing to respond to booking opportunities, blocking payment to band members, crew, and vendors, refusing to execute necessary operating documents,” and more.