Rihanna is suing her father for allegedly utilizing her identify with out her permission, TMZ and The Blast report and Pitchfork can affirm. The lawsuit—filed right now (January 15) in a California federal courtroom and seen by Pitchfork—alleges that Rihanna’s father Ronald Fenty and his enterprise accomplice Moses Joktan Perkins “have egregiously and fraudulently misrepresented to third parties and the public that their company, Fenty Entertainment, LLC, is affiliated with Rihanna, and has the authority to act on her behalf.”
In the swimsuit, Rihanna’s attorneys allege that Fenty and Perkins “have used these lies in a fraudulent effort to solicit millions of dollars from unsuspecting third parties in exchange for the false promise that they were authorized to act on Rihanna’s behalf, and/or that Rihanna would perform at various locations throughout the world.” The swimsuit additionally factors to situations the place Fenty and Perkins allegedly “accepted” live performance offers: One of the “exclusive deals,” in response to the swimsuit, was for Rihanna to play 15 reveals in Latin America for $15 million.
Fenty and Perkins have additionally ignored a number of stop and desist requests, Rihanna’s attorneys write.
Rihanna (alongside along with her LLCs Roraj Trade and Combermere Entertainment Properties) is suing Fenty Entertainment, LLC, Ronald Fenty, and Moses Joktan Perkins for False Designation of Origin, False Advertising, Invasion of Privacy—False Light Publicity, and extra.
Pitchfork has contacted representatives for Rihanna.
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