Rapper T.I. and his spouse Tiny Harris have been awarded an enormous eight-figure judgment of their lawsuit towards MGA Leisure.
The 43-year-old rapper (born Clifford Joseph Harris Jr.) and his 43-year-old spouse Tameka ‘Tiny’ Cottle-Harris had been awarded $71 million, through Daily Journal.
The jury initially handed out $17.8 million in preliminary damages, plus $53.6 million in punitive damages, following the three-week trial in Santa Ana, California.
MGA Leisure first put out their doll line L.O.L. Shock! O.M.G. in 2019, with the Harris’ suing because of infringement upon the woman group they created known as OMG Girlz, which had been based in 2009.
The primary trial resulted in a mistrial in January 2023, with the second trial later that yr resulted in a win for MGA, with the couple additionally accused of sexually assaulting a woman back in 2005.
Rapper T.I. and his spouse Tiny Harris have been awarded an enormous eight-figure judgment of their lawsuit towards MGA Leisure
The Harris’ suing because of infringement upon the woman group they created known as OMG Girlz, which had been based in 2009
MGA Leisure first put out their doll line L.O.L. Shock! O.M.G. in 2019
Nonetheless, a July 2023 Supreme Court ruling allowed for the case to be re-tried to lend extra weight to the significance of buyer confusion within the market.
The re-trial targeted on seven of the 32 dolls MGA Leisure produced, with the jury discovering that each one seven copied the group’s likeness and commerce costume.
The jury discovered that MGA infringed on the group’s likeness in some however not the entire remaining 25 dolls, although some had been copied from different artists like Woman Gaga and Beyonce.
The Harris’ lawyer John Keville recommended that the jury ought to penalize MGA between $35 million and $72 million on high of the $17 million in common damages, with the jury deciding on $53.6 million.
MGA contended that the group was disbanded after they launched their toy line and the dolls didn’t ‘hurt’ the group from enterprise alternatives since they had been not collectively.
The Harris’ lawyer argued and showcased cases of buyer confusion on social media and added that these dolls prevented the Harris’ from manufacturing their very own toy line.
The group all testified on the trial, together with the Harris’, who contended that the appears to be like had been pilfered from their appearances at particular public occasions.
T.I. and Tiny based the group in 2009, which consisted of Tiny’s daughter Zonnique “Star” Pullins, Bahja “Magnificence” Rodriguez and Breaunna “Babydoll” Womack.
Nonetheless, a July 2023 Supreme Courtroom ruling allowed for the case to be re-tried to lend extra weight to the significance of buyer confusion within the market
The re-trial targeted on seven of the 32 dolls MGA Leisure produced, with the jury discovering that each one seven copied the group’s likeness and commerce costume
The Harris’ lawyer John Keville recommended that the jury ought to penalize MGA between $35 million and $72 million on high of the $17 million in common damages, with the jury deciding on $53.6 million
T.I. and Tiny based the group in 2009, which consisted of Tiny’s daughter Zonnique “Star” Pullins, Bahja “Magnificence” Rodriguez and Breaunna “Babydoll” Womack.
They launched numerous singles between 2009 and 2014 earlier than they disbanded in 2015, solely to briefly reunite in 2018 on the Nice Xscape Tour.
They put out their first single in over a decade in 2023 they usually joined the Queens of R&B Tour in the summertime of 2024.
The group launched their newest single Movement on August 2.
The group individually pursued numerous solo initiatives earlier than they just lately got here again collectively.