According to brooklynvegan.com New Jersey’s Bamboozle  Festival was set to return earlier this month but the event was cancelled a week before it was scheduled to begin .

The reason why the festival was cancelled was Bamboozle could not receive permits from Atlantic City after organizers missed their deadline to submit paperwork and now a lawsuit has been filed against the music festival and promoter John D’Esposito.

According to court documents viewed by NJ.com, E-Town Concrete‘s lead vocalist Anthony Martini allegedly loaned D’Esposito and the festival $500,000 at 20% interest, which allegedly has not been repaid by the alleged deadline specified in their alleged contract.

During an interview with NJ Advance Media Martini allegedly mentioned that he had met D’Esposito 20 years ago and had an alleged “friendly relationship” with the promotor.

“I knew the previous Bamboozles had a successful run and he called to see if I could help him as he was relaunching,” Martini said. Also the singer told NJ Advance Media that one of the ways he assisted was by “helping to smooth some over of [D’Esposito’s] not-so-great relationships.”

According to the court documents Martini allegedly wired between $80,000 and $150,000 to four talent agencies and entertainment companies in November of 2022, along with $37,500 he allegedly sent directly to D’Espostio.

“Then I opened my social media one day to see it was canceled. I loaned the money. He said he would pay me back. He’s obviously in a not-so-great space, but I shouldn’t be screwed over for trying to help him out.”

The alleged lawsuit is seeking $630,000, which Martini allegedly says he is owed the contract with late fees including “interest, costs, and attorney’s fees.”