After several stars were criticized for holding onto money they earned performing for embattled Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, reps for Beyonce have made it clear that the singer donated the money she received over a year ago. Beyonce reportedly gave her money to Haiti relief efforts more than a year ago. The superstar made the revelation in a statement Wednesday to The Associated Press.
Bey made the announcement after Nelly Furtado announced that she was donating the $1 million that she got from Gaddafi in 2007 to charity. Beyonce's people say that once she learned that a 2009 performance on the island of St. Barts was linked to the Gaddafi family, she gave the money and commissions to earthquake relief in Haiti.
Gaddafi is being investigated for possible war crimes committed against his own people.
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