Mona Scott Young Slapped With $50 Million Lawsuit: Copyright Infringement, Fraud & Breach

Another day, another lawsuit. Mona Scott-Young, one of the executive producer’s behind the Love & Hip Hop franchise is being hit with a pretty hefty lawsuit. 8th Wonder Entertainment, Nicki Lum-Davis and Trisha Lum are suing Mona’s production company, Monami, for $50 million dollars. VH1 and Viacom are also named.

 

We’ve combed through the court documents, compliments of Tattle Tailzz, and in short, the lawsuit centers copyright infringement , fraud, and breach of contract, breach of confidence for the idea of “Love & Hip Hop” reality show.

According to court documents, the original show was called ‘Hip Hop Wives‘. Similar to shows like Basketball Wives and the Real Housewives franchises, the show would focus on the women associated with hip hop stars and rappers. The initial cast members included Tashera Simmons (the now ex-wife of DMX), Chrissy Lampkin (fiance of rapper Jim Jones), Mashonda Tifere (the now ex-wife of producer Swizz Beatz) and Debbie Lorenzo (the new ex-wife of Irv Gotti).

The plaintiff claims that Mona, Vh1 and all parties involved in their initial pitch meeting stole their concept and created the Love & Hip Hop franchise, which as we know became an instant success. They claim that before their project was greenlit, Chrissy pulled out of their agreement, joining forces with Mona and Vh1. The lawsuit was filed Monday March 10th, 2014. To date, there has been no official response and while in litigation it’s highly unlikely that anyone involved will make public comment.
 

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Oh For Real: VH1 Calls Crazy Sexy Cool A Fictionalized Portrayal

VH1 is backing away from its portrayal of Pebbles Reid calling Crazy Sexy Cool: The TLC Story a fictionalized portrayal of events.

 

 

Reports Rhymes With Snitch:

 

Pebbles Reid distributed the following press release

VH1 STATES THAT TLC MOVIE WAS A “FICTIONALIZED PORTRAYAL”
Ms. Perri “Pebbles” Reid just appeared on The Wendy Williams Show for her first exclusive interview since the airing of the TLC Movie. She shared with viewers the response she received from VH1.

Ms. Reid’s attorneys demanded a retraction of the false and defamatory statements and scenes about Ms. Reid in the TLC Movie.

In response, VH1 declined to retract the statements and claims that the TLC Movie was not meant to a recitation of true events. This is stunning given that VH1 and TLC promoted the Movie as a true story.

VH1 now claims that “the movie is a fictionalized portrayal of the development of TLC as told from the perspective of the members. It features a cast of professional actors in a scripted context, and no reasonable person would view it as a literal recreation of historical events.” (emphasis added)

Ms. Reid agrees with VH1 that the movie was fiction, but does not agree that VH1 wrote, promoted, or released the movie as such.



Pebbles Sues VH1 For Their Negative Portrayal of Her

The recent TLC biopic aired by VH1 was not so kind to former TLC manager Peri "Pebbles" Reid, as she's somewhat of a villain in the film. TLC members T-Boz and Chilli have co-signed the representation of Pebbles, but Pebbles claims the movie is slanderous.

 



 

 

 

Reports Vlad:

 

To combat the portrayal, she's started a legal battle with VH1, demanding that the take the scenes about her out of the film.

"This unprovoked attack has been extremely upsetting to me and my family," posted Pebbles on twitter.

She claims she "never cheated or mislead anyone" and it's "time the truth comes out."



 



Check out Pebbles' full statement here.





Say What: Evelyn Lozada Done With Basketball Wives

Evelyn Lozada says she will not be back for another season of Basketball Wives. However, something tells me this wont be the last we see of Ev.

 

 

Reports Rhymes With Snitch:

 

In a recent interview Evelyn admits she won’t be back telling Huffington Post,
“I signed on to do five seasons and this is our fifth. I don’t really see me doing a sixth season.”
 

She is open to a spinoff explaining,
“I know I can carry my own show, I pretty much carried this one.”