Rapper T.I. and singer Tiny’s lawsuit against California toymaker goes to trial

Rapper T.I. and his wife, singer Tameka “Tiny” Harris, are facing off with a Chatsworth toymaker in a federal civil trial that began in a Santa Ana courtroom on Wednesday, Jan. 18, over more than two-dozen dolls that the couple says were based on the stolen likeness of their daughter and her two partners in a musical group.

T.I. and Tiny are seeking payment from the high-profile toymaker MGA Entertainment for dolls in the company’s “L.O.L. Surprise! OMG” line that the couple alleges improperly used the likeness of the OMG Girls, a former rap group that included Tiny’s daughter and two of her friends.

An attorney representing MGA fired back

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