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T.I. and Tameka “Tiny” Harris are celebrating a huge victory after being awarded $71 million on Monday by a California jury. The couple sued and won their case against MGA Entertainment, accusing the global organization of violating intellectual property rights of their OMG Girlz music group with L.O.L. Surprise! O.M.G. dolls.
The Sept. 23 verdict came after 3 court appearances by the “Live Your Life” rapper and his singer wife in a trial which spanned 4 years.
Tiny, a member of Xscape, shared her victory in a live Instagram video outside of a federal courthouse in Santa Ana, California:
“We did this for the city. We did this for the culture,” Tiny said.
“It was a fight. It was a hell of a fight,” she continued of the case that started in 2020, and lasted until Monday’s hearing. “We couldn’t be more happy.”
“We were proud to represent the OMG Girlz, Tiny, and T.I.,” their lawyer told E! News in a Sept. 24 statement, “who had the courage to stand up for themselves and fight a billion-dollar corporation’s intimidation and insults with grace, perseverance, and a determination to protect their intellectual property and the rights of other creatives.”
The statement added that thanks to T.I. and Tiny’s determination, “a remarkable jury did the fair, just and right thing by holding MGA Entertainment fully accountable for trade dress infringement and for misappropriation of name, likeness, and identity.”
