RIHANNA REPORTEDLY WINS $10 MILLION SETTLEMENT FROM ACCOUNTANTS AFTER NEARLY GOING BROKE

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Barbados singing sensation Rihanna has won a multimillion-dollar settlement
after she nearly went bankrupt reportedly based on bad advice from her former accountant.

Rihanna, whose real name is Robyn Fenty, claimed her ex-accountant Peter Gounis and the Manhattan accounting firm, Berdon LLP, gave her the green light to buy a $7 million Southern California house, even though she was bleeding cash in 2009.

“The defendants advised Ms. Fenty by email that purchasing a home in Los Angeles “would be a good investment”, despite knowing Ms. Fenty was experiencing financial difficulties,” wrote Rihanna’s lawyer Edward Estrada.

In the lawsuit, Rihanna claimed that she lost $9 million, leaving her with just $2 million at the end of 2009.

Her lawyers claimed Gounis was aware the house she was buying was rotting from water and mold damage, forcing her to spend more than $1 million on improvements before selling it for nearly $2 million less than what she paid, according to the New York Post newspaper.

The paper said Rihanna fired the accountants and sued them for $35 million in 2012.

It said the firm has offered the singer a settlement of more than $10 million, and papers are due to be signed soon.