Beyonce Donated Gadhafi Money to Haiti Relief

March 2, 2011 -- The hefty paycheck superstar singer Beyonce Knowles reportedly earned for performing for Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi's son was donated to a Haiti earthquake relief fund "over a year ago," the pop star's publicist said today.

"All monies paid to Beyoncé for her performance at a private party at Nikki Beach St. Barts on New Year's Eve 2009, including the commissions paid to her booking agency, were donated to the earthquake relief efforts in Haiti, over a year ago," Beyonce spokesperson Yvette Noel-Schure said in a statement to ABC News. "Once it became known that the third party promoter was linked to the [Gadhafi] family, the decision was made to put that payment to a good cause."

The announcement was made a day after fellow singer Nelly Furtado told fans that she was donating the $1 million she had been paid for performing for the "Gadhafi clan" at an Italian hotel in 2007, and fans began calling for other celebrities to do the same.

"It is absolutely disgraceful that Usher and Beyonce would agree to perform for Gadhafi's sons no matter how much money they were offered," one commenter wrote on an ABC News message board following the initial report.

"Beyonce, Usher and Mariah Carey should give the money they made from these performances to the American families who had loved ones on that flight," another said, apparently referring to the 1988 Lockerbie bombing of Pan Am flight 103 to which Gadhafi has been personally linked.

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According to leaked U.S. State Department documents, Beyonce was part of a $1 million bash thrown by Gadhafi's son, Mutassim, on New Years Eve 2009 on St. Barts island in the Caribbean that also featured a performance by Usher and other unnamed musicians. The year before, Mariah Carey had been paid $1 million to perform at the same party for Mutassim, according to the documents.

Representatives for Usher and Carey -- along with several other celebrities who were spotted at the parties but did not perform -- have not responded to multiple requests for comment for this report.

Video of the New Year's 2009 party, shot by a party-goer and obtained by ABC News, shows an intimate affair with Beyonce singing several songs just feet away from attendees.

CLICK HERE to go inside Mutassim's New Years Eve 2009 party.