Sting pays Police bandmates Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland more than £500,000 in royalties

Sting has paid his former Police bandmates, Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland, over £500,000 in royalties after acknowledging an underpayment. The musicians sued Sting and his publishing company, claiming they were owed between £1.5m and £8m for songs like Roxanne and Every Breath You Take. The bandmates argue they entered an oral agreement in 1977 to share income, which was later formalized in written contracts.