Rihanna Has Claimed Her Father Ronald Fenty For Defamation.
Key Sentence:
- Rihanna dropped the lawsuit against her father weeks before they met in court.
The pop star accused his father, Ronald Fenty, of using his name for his own entertainment company and sued him in 2019 for false advertising and privacy. He also said he tried to record it on an overseas tour without permission.
The case was regarding to be heard on September 22, but Rihanna filed a motion to drop the case on Tuesday. A reason was not given, but reports in the American media reported that he had reached an out-of-court settlement with his father and business partners.
Rihanna, whose full name is Robin Rihanna Fenty, filed a lawsuit two years ago, saying, "Although Mr. Fenty is Rihanna's father, he is not and has never had the authority to act for Rihanna." She claims that her father and another man, Moses Perkins, started Fenty Entertainment in 2017, which has repeatedly claimed to be linked to Rihanna.
In court documents, their attorneys said, "Mr. Fenty and Mr. Perkins fraudulently used this lie to extort millions of dollars from an unsuspecting third party in exchange for the false promise that they were authorized to act like Rihanna's behalf."
They claim Fenty Entertainment tried, without Rihanna's knowledge, to book a 15-day Latin American tour worth $15 million (£11 million), as well as concerts in Los Angeles and Las Vegas. They also claim that Ronald Fenty is trying to capitalize on the "Fenty" brand that Rihanna has used in various business ventures, including the multi-million dollar cosmetics line, Fenty Beauty.
He said his father had previously tried to launch his brand name, Fenty, to open a boutique hotel chain. However, the US Patent also Trademark Office rejected the request. Rihanna, filing a lawsuit against her father and business partners, said her activities violated advertising, competition, and privacy laws and risked "serious irreparable harm" to the Fenty brand if not stopped.
The singer, the world's richest musician, has long had a strained relationship with his father, who has struggled with alcohol also drug addiction in the past. Neither party immediately commented on ending the process.