If you thought Ne-Yo was gonna be satisfied with griping to the press when he was dismissed from R. Kelly’s tour–claiming that Kelly was jealous of his stage presence and the screams he got from the girlies in the front rows–well, think again. He’s now looking to set legal precedent that his live show is hotter than Kelly’s by suing the R. for illegally terminating the contract thanks to Kelly’s green eyes over the “audience’s and critics’ more favorable reaction” to Ne-Yo’s moves/pipes/youthful elan. Plus he kinda wants all those hundreds of thousands of dollars he was promised.

“Plaintiffs allege that an unknown representative of R. Kelly urged Rowe to terminate Smith from the tour given the audience’s and critics’ more favorable reaction to Smith than the reaction to R. Kelly,” the suit states. Compound Touring spent “substantial monies in preparation for the tour and turned down other touring and performance opportunities for Smith in reliance on Rowe’s agreement that Smith would perform on the tour,” according to the suit.

Since Ne-Yo never even made it through a week of the tour before being sent home to play cellphone Tetris and have sex, he claims he’s still owed $735,000, though the suit is looking for “unspecified damages.” But perhaps the R. merely wanted to hang on to that three-quarters-of-a-million dollars for legal fees and/or speeding tickets?

Ne-Yo Sues Over R. Kelly Tour Dismissal [Billboard]