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Nicole Scherzinger has accused Pussycat Dolls founder Robin Antin of breach of contract and fraud over the group’s failed reunion tour.
In a cross-complaint filed in Los Angeles, the group’s frontwoman claimed the choreographer – who based the group as a dance troupe – “breached her duties and obligations to Scherzinger, severely broken PCD’s good will, and wasted the funding for the deliberate PCD reunion tour”.
In accordance with Rolling Stone, Scherzinger’s workforce additionally alleged Antin broken the band’s model “by way of self-dealing, waste and fraud” and by accepting advances from tour promoter Stay Nation and allegedly leaving Scherzinger with no alternative however to make use of her personal cash to drum up publicity for the group’s 2019 reunion and 2020 comeback single React.
“Antin’s mismanagement and self-dealing had so broken PCD {that a} reunion tour on the phrases Antin was demanding was not commercially possible and couldn’t be worthwhile for Antin, Scherzinger, or the opposite members of PCD,” the submitting states.
The singer has requested punitive damages, court docket charges, and “additional aid” deemed obligatory by the court docket.
Responding to the grievance, Antin’s lawyer, Richard Busch, stated his consumer “vehemently denies these allegations” and “will prevail” in court docket and referred to as the authorized motion “absolute desperation”.
In February 2019, Scherzinger and Antin arrange the brand new enterprise enterprise, PCD Worldwide, and agreed upon the reunion tour, which noticed 5 of the six unique stars return and was as a consequence of kick off later that 12 months. Nonetheless, it was postponed a number of instances and eventually referred to as off this January.
Antin filed a lawsuit in opposition to the frontwoman in September final 12 months claiming that she was refusing to take part within the tour except her stake in PCD Worldwide was elevated.
On the time, Scherzinger’s lawyer referred to as the grievance “ludicrous and false”, and in an official authorized response earlier this 12 months, her workforce referred to as the case “a meritless effort”.
