Justin Bieber Reportedly Owes Former Supervisor Scooter Braun Hundreds of thousands

Justin Bieber and his longtime supervisor, Scooter Braun‘s relationship reportedly deteriorated over cash after the singer’s 2022 “Justice” world tour ended unsuccessfully.

Though Bieber had initially claimed Braun was overpaid and had taken tens of millions of {dollars} by way of sly means, a brand new report backed by an inside audit paints a special story.

In response to the report, Justin Bieber owes Scooter Braun over $8 million and had additionally promised to pay the supervisor’s firm, Hybe, $24 million after he pulled the plug on his tour early.

A brand new documentary by TMZ takes a deep dive into the fraught relationship between Bieber and his longtime supervisor, Braun.

In response to the information outlet, all of it goes again to the singer’s 2022 “Justice” world tour, which he minimize quick as a result of bodily and psychological well being points.

Sources declare that when the tour ended early, Bieber was broke, which was a problem as he owed AEG, the promoters of his live performance, $24 million as a result of him receiving a $40 million upfront advance.

On the time, Braun’s firm, Hybe, stepped in and agreed to assist Bieber clear the debt, with the singer signing a notice promising to pay again over the course of 10 years. Nonetheless, Bieber reportedly solely made one installment after which stopped repaying Hybe.

Sources near Braun instructed the information outlet that Bieber’s workforce known as and admitted that the “Sorry” hitmaker did not have the cash to pay again what he owed.

Afterwards, Bieber’s enterprise supervisor, Lou Taylor, started digging by way of their books and got here to the conclusion that Braun was grossly overpaid commissions price round $26 million. That is when the matter seemingly escalated.

After Lou Taylor alleged that Braun was overpaid $26 million in commissions, his firm, Hybe, carried out an inside audit and confirmed that Braun was really underpaid commissions, with Bieber owing him $1 million.

Whereas Braun is alleged to have “waived” the quantity, Bieber’s camp reportedly slammed the interior audit as “corrupt” and claimed that Hybe was solely making an attempt to save lots of face and defend themselves.

This then spurred Braun’s firm to herald an unbiased auditor, Pricewaterhouse [PWC], to conduct one other inside audit.

In response to TMZ, after six months of auditing, which resulted in April 2025, PWC revealed that Bieber really owed his longtime supervisor, Braun, round $8,806,000.

The information outlet additional famous that Bieber’s workforce didn’t dispute PWC’s audit. Nonetheless, they’ve carried out their very own audit however do not intend to share what they discovered.

Bieber has lengthy been trailed by rumors that he’s dealing with monetary struggles, which had been lately intensified after a supply alleged that the cancellation of his tour “triggered a collection of economic penalties which might be nonetheless plaguing the artist immediately.”

This declare was contained in an article by The Hollywood Reporter during which a former worker of the “Child” singer alleged that he was tens of millions in debt following the cancellation of his “Justice World” tour.

Bieber had initially delayed the tour in 2020 due to the appearance of the COVID pandemic, and once more in 2022 after he was recognized with Ramsay Hunt syndrome, which triggered facial paralysis.

Within the THR article titled “Justin Bieber’s Disaster of Religion?,” the information outlet famous that Bieber was not solely broke but in addition owed a “massive debt” to tour promoter AEG after canceling his tour, as he was reportedly given a $40 million advance earlier than beginning it.

“To this point, Bieber has solely returned a portion of what he borrowed,” the information outlet shared within the bombshell report.

Moreover ending issues along with his longtime supervisor, Braun, Bieber has additionally minimize ties along with his longtime safety chief, Kenny Hamilton, and pulled the plug on his working relationship with TriStar after they left him feeling betrayed for allegedly mismanaging his funds for years.

Nonetheless, the singer’s former mates and associates are questioning his choices as they declare he’s being surrounded by people who find themselves afraid to inform him “no.”

“No matter he is going by way of, I pray for him and hope he is OK,” Bieber’s former collaborator Poo Bear, who co-wrote a few of his greatest hits, together with “Despacito,” and “What Do You Imply?” instructed The Hollywood Reporter.

“Seeing him disintegrate like this … it is watching the embodiment of somebody not dwelling their function,” one former workforce member stated. “He is misplaced. There is not any one defending him as a result of there is not any one there prepared to say no to him. You say no, you get blown out.”