The CD never got produced, and Rush sued. Stratos paid the judgment in November, Rush said at the time.

'First True Love'

Stratos and Nicole Murphy met in Sacramento when they were teenagers. He once referred to her in a letter, obtained by Bloomberg Markets, as his "first true love."

Stratos and Murphy reconnected soon after she was divorced from Eddie Murphy in August 2005. He became her financial advisor after living for a year in Vancouver, Canada, where he ran a company called Next Level Media. Later, he went to Europe, and to Egypt, where he planned to make a trilogy of films about the pharaohs.

Earlier this month, Stratos booked recording time at the Village Recorder, a studio in Los Angeles where the Rolling Stones recorded "Angie," said Jeff Greenberg, the owner.

Like Rush, Greenberg had a judgment against Stratos. His was $50,717.98 for recording work done several years ago. Stratos paid the judgment in recent weeks, and Greenberg agreed to let him use the studio again, if he paid first.

"I was hoping he had turned over a new leaf and had taken the high road," Greenberg said. "He started yelling at my staff because we demanded money up front."

The case is U.S. v. Stratos, 2:11-cr-0537, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California (Sacramento).

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