Grammys; it was always reported as the award was taken away from us. No, we gave it back.

Over the years, Milli Vanilli's surrender of the Grammy award has remained a major focal point of the drama.I think one additional and rather obvious reason we got hounded so much was because Rob and I were Grammy winners, Fab believes.

"We decided to give the Grammy back because we thought it was the right thing to do. But it was always reported as the award was taken away from us. No, we gave it back. 

We were doing an interview with a journalist who worked for the Los Angeles Times that day and were planning to return the Grammy afterward. But by that afternoon, the (Grammy committee jumped the gun and made the announcement that they wanted it back."

″We told Clive Davis. We told Sandy Gallin (a Hollywood talent manager). We told everybody six months before the Grammy Awards,″ Pilatus said.

six months

Pilatus and Morvan allege that Arista President Clive Davis and Sandy Gallin, the duo’s manager, knew they did not sing on the album at least six months before the Grammy was awarded, but pressed on with marketing the music anyway.