Maverick City Music (MCM) is in disarray after Grammy-winning singer Chandler Moore announced he would be leaving the collective. “I’ve made the bittersweet decision to end my relationship with Maverick City Music. When we started Mav, I was grateful to have community and belonging while fulfilling my dream of making music that would help people experience God. And we did that . . .  in ways I couldn’t have imagined,” Moore wrote on his Instagram. “I know there may be press and conversation around certain business matters that my legal team is handling, but my heart, my energy, and my focus are on what’s ahead.”

Behind the scenes, however, things have gotten a lot messier, with Moore filing a 33-page lawsuit against MCM, its CEO and Moore’s former manager, Norman Gyamfi, as well as the group’s label, TRIBL Records. Moore accuses Gyamfi of a number of crimes, including forging his signature on a publishing agreement between MCM and Sony Music Entertainment. Moore also accuses Gyamfi and his associates of withholding $800,000 in royalties from him. “Despite the fiduciary duties he owed to Moore, Gyamfi went on to secretly transfer Moore’s ownership and copyright interests in his works to Maverick City Music as well as broker a deal to convey Moore’s master recordings of songs created with Maverick City to the Orchard, a Sony Music Entertainment entity,” the suit alleges.

While Gyamfi has not directly addressed the claims, his business partner and MCM co-owner, Jonathan Jay, issued a statement on Instagram denying all accusations. “To be clear: the claims being made against me, against Norman, and against our companies are categorically false. These aren’t misunderstandings. These are calculated attempts to strong-arm a way out of agreements Chandler made freely and later breached,” he wrote, accusing Moore of “a pattern of avoided  accountability, unresolved conflicts passed off to others, and a history of others being forced to carry the weight of consequences never owned.”

Moore’s exit coincided with the exit of another group member, Naomi Raine. Raine has not alluded to any of the issues that Moore accuses Gyamfi of, rather saying she doesn’t “regret one single thing.” “ I’ve learned so much about God, about people and about myself – and I will always carry those lessons with me,” she wrote. As for Moore, he has indicated that he will focus on a solo career.