Harry Potter actor Devon Murray ordered to pay his former agent £210,000

Tamara Hardingham-Gill

Devon Murray seemed cheerful as he left court, despite the ruling (Picture: Fameflynet)

Harry Potter star Devon Murray has been ordered to pay his former agent 260,000 euros (£210,000) in unpaid fees.
The actor, who played Seamus Finnigan in the hugely-popular movie series based on JK Rowling’s books, lost his court battle with Neil Brooks, who had claimed Devon and his parents broke an agreement to pay them commission charges.
A High Court judge ruled that the agency agreement was valid, but ordered a 9% reduction in the amount requested.
Devon, 27, told reporters he was ‘gutted’ by the decision and addressed claims he’d thrown his £970,000 earnings away on ‘cars, drink and girls’.

‘There was an awful lot of things I put money into,’ he said.
‘I bought a lot of horses at the time… I bought property and the a*** fell out of that. It wasn’t all just women, cars and drink. It wasn’t all that.’
Devon, who appeared in all eight Harry Potter films, reportedly tried to break away from Neil after the fourth movie, allegedly after agreeing an increase in payment to the management company.
His parents were also sued as he was 10 years old when he entered into the contract in 1998 and both appeared in court alongside him.

Devon played Seamus Finnigan in the Harry Potter films (Picture: Warner Bros)

Devon’s mother Fidelma told the judge they’d sacked Neil because he hadn’t done enough to ward off bad publicity.
She went on to explain that they were now struggling financially and didn’t have enough money to pay lawyers to represent them in court.
‘I’m delighted it’s finally over,’ Neil said after the ruling.

The actor’s parents were also sued (Picture: FameFlynet UK )

‘It’s been a long, hard battle. I hope Devon makes a success of himself as an actor.
‘My only regret is that the fees were squandered in such an unfashionable manner.’