Ellie Goulding is suing her former managers amid claims a conflict of interest may have left her out of pocket.The singer, 39, alleges Ben Mawson and Ed Millett may have failed to secure the most lucrative touring, merchandise and film deals available to her.Her case is that the pair faced conflicting obligations which restricted their ability to recommend rival companies.Mawson and Millett, co-founders of TaP Management, represented Ms Goulding from 2018 until 2025 and took a 20 per cent commission, according to the claim.During that time, she signed agreements covering touring, merchandise and a documentary film with companies in the Live Nation group.Ms Goulding claims she was not told that TaP’s parent company, HNOE, had first become partially and later entirely owned by Live Nation. Ellie Goulding is suing her former managers amid claims a conflict of interest may have left her out of pocket The singer, 39, alleges Ben Mawson and Ed Millett may have failed to secure the most lucrative touring, merchandise and film deals available to herThe claim alleges that her managers were contractually ‘restrained’ from engaging in any activity which might ‘terminate or otherwise reduce or diminish [their management clients’] business relationship in any respect with the Company [Live Nation] or any of its affiliates.’It states that as employees of Live Nation, Mawson and Millett ‘had a personal interest or duty in dealings between Ms. Goulding and companies in the Live Nation group which was in actual or potential conflict with the interests of Ms. Goulding in securing the best commercial terms with whichever promoter, merchandiser or other counterparty it was most advantageous for her to deal withAccording to Variety, the filing continues: ‘Mr Mawson and Mr Millett were subject to contractual obligations not to encourage any artist under their management to cease to do business with or reduce the extent of her business with any company in the Live Nation group.’The legal action requests unspecified ‘equitable compensation and/or damages for their breaches of fiduciary duty.’Mawson and Millett founded TaP, which has represented artists including Dua Lipa and Lana Del Rey, in 2010.Mawson is now understood to be representing Duffy as the Welsh singer prepares to return to the spotlight after more than a decade away.He also worked with David and Victoria Beckham’s youngest son Cruz in 2023, but the pair later parted ways.Ms Goulding has since returned to Sarah Stennett for management and signed with WME for worldwide representation.The legal action comes just weeks before Ms Goulding releases her sixth studio album, I Know Too Much, on September 4.Its latest single, 4 Seasons, appears to chart the beginning of her romance with actor Beau Minniear, the father of her baby daughter.Set against the backdrop of Florence’s lavish Four Seasons Hotel, where suites cost up to £5,575 a night, Ms Goulding sings: ‘Daydreaming, faint feelings, f*** around at the Four Seasons. I think that I might be falling in love with you.’And later, ‘No I don’t usually trust guys like you/ But right now I don’t care.’The lyrics are likely to raise eyebrows after The Mail on Sunday’s exclusive revelation that Minniear, 29, has a criminal record.The Utah-born actor, who has appeared in a string of independent films, theatre productions and commercials, was arrested in Palm Beach, Florida, in 2018.The incident led to him being charged with three offences: robbery without a firearm, felony battery resulting in a serious bodily injury, and marijuana possession.According to documents filed by the West Palm Beach Police Department, Minniear and two other young men were taken into custody after an altercation on a street at around 2.30am.A 36-year-old man claimed to have been kicked and punched multiple times by a group of attackers while lying on the ground, leaving him with a fractured elbow and a bleeding nose.He claimed that they also ripped off his trousers and stole his wallet, which was found in the possession of one of the men Minniear was with when they were arrested. Her latest single, 4 Seasons, appears to chart the beginning of her romance with actor Beau Minniear, the father of her baby daughterAccording to address details filed with the police, the victim – who also has a criminal record – was homeless at the time.In a mugshot taken after his arrest, Minniear looked downcast and remorseful with his hair hanging greasily over his forehead.He was the only one in the group charged with a drugs offence, having been found with seven grams of marijuana in his pockets.Having served two days behind bars at the County Jail, Minniear admitted misdemeanour battery, a lesser offence than felony battery, as part of an apparent plea deal.Appearing in front of a jury in November 2018, he was granted probation and ordered to pay $675 (£500) in costs.The romance marks quite the change for Ms Goulding, who seven years ago married Eton-educated art dealer Caspar Jopling, 34, in a fairytale ceremony at York Minster.In attendance were Princess Beatrice, 37, and Princess Eugenie, 36, long-term friends of the singer – who is also close to Prince William, 44, and Prince Harry, 41, with whom she was once romantically linked.Jopling, who studied at Oxford and Harvard and once rowed for Team GB, grew up in the Grade II-listed Frickley Hall in Yorkshire and is worth a reported £6.3 million.The couple, who share a five-year-old son, Arthur, divorced in 2024.