T.I. and his wife Tameka ‘Tiny’ Harris have been awarded $71million in a lawsuit against MGA Entertainment over the company’s L.O.L.
Surprise! O.M.G. dolls.The rapper – real name Clifford Joeseph Harris – and his singer-songwritter wife had claimed that the toy conglomerate had violated the intellectual property rights of their teen pop group OMG Girlz which was formed in 2009 by Tiny in Atlanta.
The trio is comprised of Bahja “Beauty” Rodriguez, Breunna “BabyDoll” Womack and Zonnique “Star” Pullins. T.I. and Tiny claimed that all seven of MGA Entertainment’s O.M.G dolls copied the pop trio’s appearances at specific events.According to the Daily Journal, jurors awarded the Grammy-Award-winning couple $17.8 million in real damages and $53.6million in punitive damages following a three-week trial which was held in a federal court in Santa Ana, California.The Unanimous ruling sided with the couple and found that the seven dolls – taken from the collection of 32 dolls in total) – did copy the Atlanta trio’s likeliness and style.
The trial marked the third time the couple had attempted to sue the conglomerate. According to Deadline, the first time they tried was back in January 2023 which ended in a mistrial after the jurors heard barred testimony accusing the company of cultural appropriation.A post shared by L.O.L.
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