A federal choose has issued a “key victory” in T.I. and Tiny Harris’ civil trial in opposition to MGA Entertainment. As reported by Rolling Stone, the trial will exclude using “virginity tests” initiated by the rapper on his daughter Deyjah Harris.
T.I. and Tiny need “economic justice” after a toy firm made “millions of dollars” off a line of dolls allegedly impressed by the OMG Girlz group the couple launched in 2009 https://t.co/5113ccm7YX
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) January 19, 2023
MGA Entertainment Recently Filed A Motion To Use The Tests As Evidence In The Trial
According to the outlet, MGA Entertainment filed a movement Thursday night time. And “sought the court’s permission to show jurors” clips of “the family strife” that ensued after T.I. revealed that he took his daughter to the gynecologist to verify that her hymen was nonetheless intact. The moments had been recorded on the couple’s VH1 actuality present T.I. & Tiny: Friends & Family Hustle.
I say, ‘Look, Doc, she don’t journey no horses, she don’t journey no bike, she don’t play no sports activities. Just test the hymen, please, and provides me again my outcomes expeditiously.”
T.I. shares that he goes to the gynecologist yearly with daughter Deyjah to make sure her hymen continues to be intact 😳https://t.co/VSjnDd9S1S pic.twitter.com/IPZsHz8dSW
— MadameNoire (@MadameNoire) November 6, 2019
At the time, the rapper acquired main backlash from viewers. And he later defined that he was “joking,” including that his feedback had been “misconstrued” by viewers.
The choose additionally dominated that the trial will exclude different proof from the rapper’s private life. This contains his “cannabis use.”
An MGA lawyer argued that the clips of each issues be used within the trial. And added that the clips present why the corporate wouldn’t mannequin their “L.O.L Surprise OMG” dolls after the household.
Opposing counsel has been in a position to play video after video after video, not solely of the OMG Girlz, but additionally your complete household trying good, trying just like the all-American household, and there are such a lot of movies on the market on social media, so many causes that MGA wouldn’t wish to make a doll line off these of us, that it’s simply making a misimpression for the jury.
U.S. District Court Judge James V. Selna denied the movement. And defined that the clips had been aired after the L.O.L Surprise OMG dolls had been launched. And added that movies of T.I.’s hashish use can be “not relevant to any issue in this case.”
Selna’s newest resolution comes after he “previously excluded evidence about T.I.’s criminal history.” According to Rolling Stone, the choose “wanted to avoid any ‘sliming’ of the parties involved in the civil case.”
More About The Harris’ Case Against MGA Entertainment
According to the outlet, the couple hasn’t put a determine quantity on the financial quantity they’re in search of. But they’ve defined that MGA has made “millions” from stealing the OMG Girlz “name, image & trade dress.”
Coming quickly to the federal courthouse in Santa Ana, California: Rapper T.I. and his spouse, Tameka “Tiny” Harris, are going to trial to defend the mental property rights of the previous woman rap group OMG Girlz in a lawsuit with toymaker MGA Entertainment. pic.twitter.com/5yTN39AXHA
— Meghann Cuniff (@meghanncuniff) January 5, 2023
Tiny Harris took the stand on Thursday and shared her ideas concerning the similarities between the woman group and the dolls.
This doll is simply too acquainted. The outfit for me is an enormous, large deal. I wouldn’t be right here if it wasn’t the OMG model, all of the completely different coincidences, the outfit we created. This explicit outfit was designed, created, handmade, if you’ll, for the women’ tour… I’m merely stating that this model was ripped off.
Jennifer Keller, a lawyer for MGA Entertainment responded.
This case is about greed. That’s what it’s about. It’s a shakedown.
My @LAmag roundup on the primary few days of @MGAEnt v. @Tip, a authorized battle over @Zonnique’s OMG Girlz and MGA’s OMG Dolls. https://t.co/4Rm034lnfs
— Meghann Cuniff (@meghanncuniff) January 21, 2023
T.I. is anticipated to take the stand someday this week, as reported by Rolling Stone.