Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that Tiny and TI won $71M award at OMG Girlz infringement/appropriation trial against L.O.L. Surprise dollmaker MGA Entertainment..
T.I., Tiny & OMG Girlz win massive $71 million jury award at OMG Girlz infringement/appropriation trial against L.O.L. Surprise dollmaker MGA Entertainment
$17,872,359 in real damages
$53,616,759 in punitive damages.
Tameka “Tiny” Harris outside court with OMG Girlz: Bahja “Beauty” Rodriguez, Breaunna “Babydoll” Womack and Zonnique “Star” Pullins
Legal team are Robert Green, Chante B. Westmoreland, B’Ivory LaMarr and John Keville (Left to Right)
Speaking to Rolling Stone via FaceTime after the verdict, T.I. said “justice was served” with $71 million jury award
“They were the ones that came and ripped us off, and I guess [they] expected us to not have the audacity to stand up and speak for ourselves”
As previously reported, this is the Grammy-winning duo’s third attempt to sue: The initial trial, held in January of last year, ended in a mistrial when jurors heard barred testimony accusing the company of cultural appropriation. The second time, some months later, resulted in an MGA Entertainment victory; however, a June 2023 Supreme Court ruling allowed for the case to be retried, when it was deemed that consumer confusion about a product should carry more weight than previously regarded in infringement cases.
