Alanis Morissette sues her former tour manager for wanting to incriminate her in drug trafficking

BarcelonaAlanis Morissette, responsible for hits like Ironic, has filed a lawsuit against her former tour manager, Keren Urinov, for extortion and blackmail. The singer claims that Urinov threatened to report her for drug trafficking. According to the artist, to stop the report, her former tour manager demanded a 15-year employment contract, with annual salary increases and bonuses. "Plaintiff Alanis Morissette is the victim of a calculated blackmail campaign orchestrated by a disgruntled former tour manager. Morissette will not agree to work with an incompetent blackmailer for the next 15 years nor pay her a ransom under duress," the singer's legal team says in the lawsuit.

The situation dates back to 2025, when Urinov served as the tour manager for the singer of You oughta know. When they were at a British airport to catch a flight to Spain, where Morissette was scheduled to perform a concert, Urinov was inspected and detained by the police. During the inspection of a bag, the authorities found marijuana and a tranquilizer called xylazine, for which they issued a requisition order. According to the lawsuit, Urinov showed her Israeli medical marijuana license and was released.

The singer claims that the problems arrived once the tour ended. It was then that the former tour manager began sending extortionate letters to the artist in which she demanded that she tell the British police that the drugs were hers and threatened to report her if she refused. Urinov allegedly told Morissette that she could "put an end to the matter" with a 15-year full-time employment contract that included "income equivalent to that of a tour manager with annual raises and bonuses." When the singer of Hand in my pocket refused, the former tour manager and her lawyer allegedly responded with a letter in which they hinted at the possibility of reporting Morissette for drug trafficking.