If ‘Love & Hip Hop Atlanta’ creator Mona Scott-Young thought
dealing with the antics of her out of control cast was a lot to take on,
she has a whole ‘nother headache on her hands now that Memphitz,
ex-boyfriend to singer K. Michelle, has filed a lawsuit against the show. Throughout the taping of the show, K. Michelle repeatedly told the story of how her former ex and label head spent up all of her money, left her for broke, almost ruined her music career and beat her badly. Even though she didn’t mention him by name on the show,
she definitely didn’t have a problem openly saying Memphitz’s name in
interviews and hopping on Twitter to air him out a few times while
throwing a few insults at Memphitz’ wife Toya Wright.
Now that the season has officially wrapped, Memphitz has decided to take legal action and has filed a lawsuit against Viacom International; NFGTC, Inc.; and Mona’s Monami Entertainment. He’s claiming that K. Michelle’s accusations of domestic violence are complete lies and the show gave her a “worldwide platform” for her to “assassinate [his] character”:
“My family and I have suffered tremendously while VH-1, Monami Ent., and the other companies provided a worldwide platform for K. Michelle to repeatedly assassinate my character. The filing of this suit is to compensate for the irreparable damage that has been done to my reputation and to deter these companies from doing such future harm to others.”
Meanwhile, his attorney, Conti J. Moore says that K. Michelle was just seeking sympathy without giving an ounce of proof to her claims:
“[K. Michelle] has taken full advantage of society’s tendency to accept claims of domestic violence as always being true, even in the absence of proof. The only abuse that actually occurred is the malicious and calculated pattern of vicious lies Ms. Pate has assailed for the purpose of fabricating a compelling story line in an attempt to ruin my client’s name.”
“Domestic violence is an issue of serious nature, often having grave consequences for true victims with whom we all sympathize. However, it is unconscionable for one to play on the sympathies of the masses by levying false accusations of such heinous acts against an innocent party, simply for the sake of entertainment or for purported career advancement. After reviewing the evidence in this matter, we are prepared to litigate this case to the fullest extent of the law to seek justice for our client and to restore his name and professional reputation.”
Memphitz is asking for $1 per viewer per show as damages, and with the show averaging almost $3 million viewers an episode, he’s looking at some serious bank if he manages to win this.
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