Sly Stone was awarded $5 million in lost royalties after a Los Angeles jury ruled that the funk legend was cheated out of around a decade’s worth of royalties by his former manager and lawyer. Stone’s attorney, Nicholas Hornberger, argued that his ex-manager Gerald Goldstein and attorney Glenn Stone used shady accounting to wrongly attain royalties through Even St. Productions Ltd., a company Stone had assigned royalty rights to.

“It’s a good day for Sly, it’s a good day for entertainers in general,” said Hornberger. “This was an important verdict for people that are artists, entertainers, music composers, etc.”

Gregory Bodell, the attorney for Goldstein and Stone, said he plans to challenge the award in which the jurors assessed $2.5 million in damages against Even St. Productions, $2.45 million against Goldstein and $50,000 against Glenn Stone.