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Alanis Morissette claimed to be the victim of a “calculated blackmail campaign” allegedly orchestrated by her “disgruntled former tour manager,” according to court documents obtained by Digital.
The “Ironic” singer accused Keren Urinov of civil extortion in a lawsuit filed Tuesday, and claimed her ex-manager attempted to frame her for drug trafficking at an airport in the United Kingdom.
“While temporarily employed to manage a Morissette tour, Urinov admitted to the British Border Force that a bag seized at an airport that allegedly contained marijuana and xylazine belonged to her,” documents stated.
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Alanis Morissette filed a lawsuit Tuesday claiming her former tour manager attempted to blackmail her. (Gilbert Flores)
“Urinov now threatens to report to the British authorities that Morissette committed drug trafficking unless Morissette agrees to employ her as a tour director for fifteen years and pay her massive compensation.”
The Canadian singer allegedly hired Urinov in 2025 to serve as her temporary tour manager. In July 2025, Morissette and her team were scheduled to fly from Farnborough Airport in the U.K. to Spain for a concert.
“At the airport, a British Border Force official flagged a bag for further inspection and asked who owned the bag. Urinov said the bag was hers,” documents stated.
Urinov allegedly told the team that the Border Force “had arrested her and issued her a seizure notice alleging that the bag contained marijuana and xylazine” after she admitted the bag belonged to her.
Morissette hired Keren Urinov in 2025 to serve as her temporary tour manager. (Christopher Polk)
“Urinov showed the Border Force her Israeli medical marijuana license. The Border Force returned the bag to Urinov and released her,” the lawsuit stated.
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The following day, the touring team flew back to the United Kingdom, and upon landing, Urinov was once again detained and re-affirmed ownership of the bag and the alleged drugs inside.
“After the tour ended, Urinov and her attorney sent a series of increasingly extortionate letters to Morissette,” documents stated. “Urinov threatened to file a patently frivolous lawsuit against Morissette in the United Kingdom for unspecified claims if Morissette refused to tell British law enforcement that the alleged drugs were hers.”
She continued, “However, Urinov communicated, Morissette could put ‘an end to the matter’ by entering into a fixed-term, full-time employment contract of fifteen years with Urinov, under which Urinov would receive an income equivalent to that of a tour director with annual increases and bonuses.”
Morissette claimed her former tour manager was attempting to blackmail her. (Jeremy Chan/Getty Images)
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Morissette claimed that Urinov also demanded that she arrange for an immigration attorney to obtain a work visa that would allow Urinov to work in the U.S. A demand for additional compensation was relayed if the visa could not be obtained.
“Morissette is not interested in employing Urinov for fifteen years—not only because she is a blackmailer, but also because she was a terrible manager of the 2025 tour,” documents stated.
The “You Oughta Know” singer claimed Urinov made an “inexplicable error” in hotel bookings which allegedly cost the singer $70,000.
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Morissette first found fame in the ’90s following her debut studio album, “Jagged Little Pill.” (Jim Steinfeldt/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
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Also while on tour, “Urinov told Morissette’s team that law enforcement in a Latin American country had arrested her and a friend several years ago for smuggling drugs in a surfboard,” documents stated.
“Urinov explained that she had illegally fled the country after being released on bail. This was an astounding revelation, given that Urinov had told Morissette’s team during her interview for the tour manager position that nothing in her past would cause any complications with obtaining visas or traveling, and she never mentioned her arrest or crimes in Latin America.”
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Morissette sued Urinov for civil extortion, fraud and negligent misrepresentation, and in addition to a jury trial, requested compensatory damages “of an amount in excess of $75,000 in damages.”
