Rihanna has taken a step that many people will consider has really shocking.
Riri filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday in California
alleging that her father is trading on their surname; Fenty, which she
made famous, for financial gain.
Rihanna, 30, whose full name is Robyn Rihanna Fenty, alleges
in the suit against her father; Ronald Fenty and his business partner,
Moses Joktan Perkins, the two men “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.”
Fenty Entertainment allegedly tried to book concerts for her
without her authorization and used the singer’s name “to solicit
millions of dollars from unsuspecting third parties,” says the suit
filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles.
The suit accuses the two men of seeking to trade on
Rihanna’s “hard-earned success and the recognition and goodwill
associated with her last name and her Fenty brand of products.”
Rihanna, who launched the makeup line Fenty Beauty in 2017,
is claiming in the suit that the two men engaged in false advertising
and invasion of privacy. The singer has trademarked the name Fenty,
according to U.S. trademark records.
Neither Ronald Fenty nor Moses Perkins could be immediately reached for comment.
She is seeking an injunction on her father’s use of the Fenty name and unspecified damages, according to the suit.
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