A valley entertainment company filed a lawsuit Monday after plans for a Cleveland concert ended in alleged fraud. The company claims it lost $2.5 million in potential ticket sales as well as additional deposits. 

Lena Esmail's company, Esmail Entertainment, has filed a lawsuit against Shaw Management Enterprises, alleging fraud. The lawsuit was filed against the promotion group for allegedly forging documents, lying about contracts, and securing over $280,000 in deposits from Esmail Entertainment for a Cleveland concert that was supposed to feature rapper GloRilla.

Esmail, primarily known as the CEO of QUICKMed Urgent Care, formed the company in March of this year and, according to the filing, had coordinated with Shaw Management Enterprises to secure GloRilla to headline the show as well as rappers Skilla Baby and Money Bagg Yo. The concert was set to take place on September 6 at the Wolstein Center in Cleveland.

According to the filing, the promotion group informed Esmail's company two days after tickets went on sale that all promotions of the show needed to be removed, without reason or new promotion materials. Esmail Entertainment said it then directly contacted GloRilla's production team and was informed that the rapper had not signed any contracts connected to the entertainment company. Esmail Entertainment claims that GloRilla's team advised the company that Shaw Management had only recently been attempting to secure the performance. 

The filing states that, due to the allegedly forged documents, "GloRilla refused to book any event with Esmail."

Contracts for Money Bagg Yo and Skilla Baby's performances are also alleged to be forged and fraudulent. 

The lawsuit includes six separate counts including fraud, civil theft and tortious interference with a business expectancy. As of Monday, when the suit was filed, the entertainment company claims Shaw Management Enterprises had only returned $20,000 of the company's deposits.

Though the entertainment company canceled the concert, 21 News found that tickets to the event are still listed for the planned September 6 concert on resale sites for prices upwards of $1,000, as of the publishing of this story.

Esmail told 21 News that she cannot speak on the matter due to pending litigation.