Originally appeared on E! Online.
Justin Bieber and Scooter Braun have officially settled their scores.
Two years after the “Baby” singer — who shares son Jack Blues, 10 months, with Hailey Bieber — and his former manager seemingly cut ties for good, the duo have reached a financial agreement, according to multiple outlets.
In their deal, Bieber paid Braun $26 million as part of the advance owed for his canceled 2022 Justice tour, insider sources told People and TMZ. The payment comes after Bieber’s former manager and his company, HYBE, fronted the amount of money Bieber and his associates had to repay to touring company AEG Presents for the show cancellations.
Additionally, Bieber agreed to pay $5.5 million for the unpaid commissions he reportedly owed his former manager, totaling a $31.5 million payout to his former colleague.
E! News has reached out to reps for Bieber and Braun regarding the deal but has not yet heard back.
The massive payout comes a little over a month after Braun — who discovered Justin on YouTube in the late aughts and remained closely entangled in his career until 2023 — shared where the once extremely close duo stand.
READ: Scooter Braun reveals where he and Justin Bieber stand now amid rumored fallout
“[It’s] not that same that it was,” Braun admitted during a June episode of the Diary of a CEO podcast in June. “We worked together for so long and we had such extreme success.”
Indeed, Bieber and Braun — who also worked with Ariana Grande and Demi Lovato before retiring from music management in 2024 — were mutually beneficial to each other’s careers for a time, but Braun admitted that his client was ready to move on.
“I think you get to a point as a man where you want to show the world you can do it on your own and I completely respect that,” he explained. “I think at this point, that’s what he’s doing. And myself and everyone from the old team is rooting for him.”
For Bieber’s part, he has only alluded to where he stands with his former manager, whom he began working with when he was 12 years old. However, eagle-eyed fans noticed that Bieber subtly unfollowed Braun on social media in January.
But while their relationship has recently dissipated, Bieber stood by — and defended — Braun during his infamous battle with Taylor Swift when he purchased her master recordings in 2019. (The incident inspired Swift to pursue her Taylor’s Version rerecording project, before she announced she had bought back her masters earlier this year.)
“Scooter has had your back since the days you graciously let me open up for you.!” Bieber wrote in a 2019 Instagram post, alongside an old photo of himself and Swift. “So for you to take it to social media and get people to hate on Scooter isn’t fair.”
Justin Bieber is clearing up rumors that he was victimized by Sean “Diddy” Combs in a statement from his rep, acquired by Access Hollywood. “Although Justin is not among Sean Combs’ victims, there are individuals who were genuinely harmed by him,” a spokesperson said on May 15. “Shifting focus away from this reality detracts from the justice these victims rightfully deserve.”
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