Okay #Roommates now we all know TLC was one of the best female groups out back in the day but that’s not why they’re in the news today. It’s no secret that they weren’t really feeling their manager Pebbles Reid at that time, or now, and had no problem showing it in their biopic that came on Vh1.
Some of you may remember that in the movie Pebbles was portrayed as the manager you don’t want to have…. the one who takes all your money.
Pebbles obviously didn’t like how she was portrayed, and filed a $40 million dollar lawsuit against VH1 because she said the movie ruined her name.
According to The Jasmine Brand, a judge agreed that Pebbles does have a case and encouraged both parties to prepare for trial, where a jury will decided if Pebbles is awarded $40 million.
“Defendants assert there is but one interpretation of these scenes and it is not defamatory. However, viewed as a whole and in a light most favorable to Plaintiffs claims in this case, the scenes depicting the TLC members signing their contracts and then being unable to get copies of the contracts from Plaintiff are reasonably capable of multiple interpretations, including one that is defamatory to Plaintiff The scenes plausibly imply that Plaintiff pressured the TLC members into signing the Contracts without reviewing them or having them reviewed by counsel, and refused to give them copies upon their request. Accordingly, whether these scenes reasonably impart the meaning Plaintiff maintains they do is a matter for a jury to decide.”
He continued,
This scene plausibly implies that Plaintiff exercised control over TLC’s attorney (who was portrayed as representing Plaintiff as well) for her benefit and to their detriment. Once again, whether this scene reasonably imparts the meaning Plaintiff maintains it does is a matter for a jury to decide.
Now Vh1 originally wanted the case dismissed because they claimed that to their knowledge, Pebbles was portrayed as accurate as it could get, without any malice when they made the film.
Pebbles fired back filing docs saying she was going to grill the girls about the movie and how she was portrayed.
This is going to be one messy case!
Source: http://thejasminebrand.com/2016/09/15/pebbles-judge-green-light-continue-vh1-lawsuit-tlc-movie/
