Paying royalties and recording the expense / liability are related, but not the same thing. If I read basic accounting rules right, the expenses need to be accrued / incurred if the agreement is in place and revenue is recorded. That is entirely different from the payments for the royalties. A business records the expense / liability first. Then the liability is paid. Separate matters.
The question still stands - where are the royalties being recorded? Maybe the Company is not recording the expense because they do not have the make the payments right now. If so, that will be a big problem.