Alleged fake salary payments, self-dealing as Vinyl answers Luke Girgis

Details of alleged misconduct by the former managing director of The Brag, Luke Girgis, have come to light in court documents filed as part of his contractual dispute with Vinyl Group. The allegations include making fake salary payments in order to get a bank loan, and funnelling an appearance fee for Poppy Reid to his own talent agency rather than to the Vinyl Group. 

Girgis sued Vinyl after he was dismissed as MD last year, claiming he was unfairly denied a $2 million performance payment that had been part of the sale conditions of The Brag Media. Girgis co-founded The Brag Media in 2017 as a popular music and culture publisher, before selling to the rapidly expanding Vinyl Group in January 2024.

However, Girgis was sacked within 6 months. His case in the NSW Supreme Court alleges the dismissal was “without cause”. It prevented Girgis receiving a substantial payment that would have fallen due in December 2024, based on certain conditions being fulfilled. The maximum payment was $2 million.

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