Alanis Morissette has filed a lawsuit against her former tour manager, Keren Urinov, accusing her of conducting a "calculated blackmail campaign." The legal action, filed in Los Angeles on Tuesday, alleges that Urinov threatened to report Morissette to British authorities for drug trafficking unless she agreed to a 15-year employment contract and offered "massive compensation." Morissette is suing Urinov for civil extortion, fraud, and negligent misrepresentation, stating she refuses to be "coerced into delivering her blackmailer an extraordinary payday." According to CBC, who have reviewed the lawsuit, Morissette aims to "expose Urinov's scheme and hold her accountable" through this legal action. Urinov was initially hired as a temporary tour manager for Morissette's 2025 world tour after previously working for Live Nation, a major concert promotion company. The lawsuit claims that during a trip from the UK to Spain, a British Border Force official flagged a bag that Urinov declared as hers. Morissette was arrested and issued a seizure notice after the bag was alleged to contain marijuana and xylazine, a veterinary sedative sometimes used illicitly. She was released after showing authorities her Israeli medical marijuana license, but was detained again the next day regarding the bag. The lawsuit states that Urinov consistently claimed the bag was hers and allegedly began sending "increasingly extortionate letters" to Morissette after the tour ended. In the letters, Urinov reportedly threatened to sue Morissette in the UK for "unspecified claims" if she refused to take ownership of the drugs. She also suggested that Morissette could "put an end to the matter" by agreeing to a 15-year contract, offering annual raises, and arranging an immigration lawyer to secure a U.S. work visa for Urinov. The lawsuit also notes that Urinov told Morissette’s team she and a friend had been arrested years earlier for smuggling drugs in a surfboard, which Morissette called an "astounding revelation." Morissette is seeking a jury trial and compensatory damages of over $75,000. In a statement to Page Six, Urinov’s attorney, Mark Lewis of Patron Law, said that Urinov is aware of "defensive proceedings" in the U.S. but has not been formally served with legal documents. He denied the allegations of blackmail, stating that Urinov aims to "have her name cleared" and present evidence to show the truth about Morissette's actions. He emphasized that the matter should be resolved in court rather than through what he called a "false narrative," claiming that once the facts are revealed, the "cover-up will disappear."