Could 30, 2025
Tyler Perry, Netflix, and Terri J. Vaughn are getting sued over their new “She the Folks” collection.
The founder and president of the nonprofit She the Folks has filed a lawsuit towards Netflix and Tyler Perry over the scripted collection of the identical identify, Legislation 360 stories.
Aimee Allison filed the lawsuit simply forward of the Could 22 launch of Tyler Perry’s new Netflix collection. The swimsuit introduced towards Netflix, Perry, his firm, Tyler Imaginative and prescient, LLC, and actress Terri Vaughn alleges the collection infringes on the nonprofit’s model identification and the established goodwill of its political advocacy work.
Vaughn stars within the new comedy collection as Antoinette Dunkerson, a decided politician working for lieutenant governor who finally ends up serving beneath a sexist, condescending boss, all whereas serving to her household navigate the newfound highlight of public life. Perry co-created the sitcom with Niya Palmer, who additionally serves as govt producer alongside Vaughn and former Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms.
The lawsuit claims that Allison had beforehand partnered with Vaughn to develop a docuseries impressed by the “She the Folks” idea and that the brand new Netflix collection borrows closely from the themes and construction of her unique work.
“The Sequence echoes lots of the identical themes concerning Black girls’s experiences in politics that Ms. Allison addresses by means of her activism beneath the SHE THE PEOPLE mark, albeit in a barely totally different format,” the lawsuit states. “With a lighthearted and comedic contact, the Sequence trailer (the “Trailer”) exhibits the newly-elected lieutenant governor confronting quite a few points prone to resonate with girls of shade[.]”
Allison’s lawsuit argues that the present’s themes, used alongside the “She the Folks” model, raises issues about potential misuse of Allison’s mental property. She has not publicly addressed the lawsuit or Perry’s new present, which is at the moment rating in Netflix’s Prime 10 collection.
Forward of the present’s debut, she shared a telling Instagram submit. “Concepts have worth. A few of us are blessed with concepts—stunning ones—that carry that means, form tradition, and create lasting worth,” her caption stated partially.
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