Quote Originally Posted by Ollie9 View Post
My goodness, she now sounds an out of control drug addict, who veered from one disaster to another lol.
Given Motown’s total indifference, Pedro probably seemed to be her only port in a storm. Towards the end Mary was desperately fighting for use of the name Supremes, something many felt she deserved, She foolishly was convinced to drop that lawsuit with promises from BG and Motown of career investment and support. It was of course all a lie, being gifted a weak album that never played to her strengths, then unceremoniously shown the door. Nice.
If all Mary got were “promises of career involvement and support”, then she must have been desperate and broke as Bayou suggests or again making stupid, uninformed choices.

She should have had a written settlement agreement setting out specifics that would occur in return for the end of the law suit.

What was she expecting? Diana to appear at the Ritz? Berry to be in tow? An album? Billboard and Cashbox ads? How many dud albums and singles was Motown expected to release when the sales for the first one were 4000 copies? Were they supposed to issue 5 albums?

That just wasn’t going to happen no matter what label you were on and Mary had no other takers/offers