T.I. and his wife Tameka “Tiny” Harris have been awarded an enormous sum of money after winning a lawsuit against doll brand LOL Surprise! OMG dolls.
According to Rolling Stone, the couple were awarded $71 million after it was ruled that OMG dolls infringed upon their intellectual property rights.
“We did this for the city. We did this for the culture,” Tiny said outside the courthouse in California after the verdict was delivered.
She continued: “It was a fight. It was a hell of a fight. We couldn’t be more happy.”
The Xscape singer also thanked the jurors for the verdict: “We wanted to thank the jurors for just seeing us through this, and just believing in what we said. They heard our story and they knew we wasn’t lying. It’s amazing.”
T.I. told Rolling Stone after the victory: “I think justice was served. I think it’s a testament to the relentlessness and resilience of my wife, daughter and nieces.
“We’re just happy we were able to come out on top and fight for creatives and our intellectual property that large corporations seem to think is just public domain and free for all to come and grab and use.”
The complaint was the couple’s third attempt at suing MGA Entertainment over their line of LOL Surprise! OMG dolls, which they claimed copied the appearance of their teen pop group OMG Girlz.
