The fate of T.I. and Tiny’s $25 million intellectual property war with toymaker MGA Entertainment was left in the hands of an eight-member jury on Friday after closing arguments involving allegations of “demeaning” insults and “deep fakes.
” In their final remarks rounding out the third courtroom trial in the long-running civil case, lawyers on each side sparred over T.I. and Tiny’s claims that MGA infringed on the name, identity, and likeness of the couple’s teen pop group OMG Girlz with its wildly popular line of “L.
O.L. Surprise! O.
M.G.” dolls.
“This case is really about one side that believes they can do what they want, and they can push people around,” John R. Keville, the lawyer representing T.I.
, Tiny, and all three OMG Girlz, said Friday as his famous clients watched from the courtroom gallery. In his dueling statement, MGA’s lawyer called T.I.
and Tiny’s allegations “baseless and offensive,” saying his clients sold have sold 45 million “L.O.L Surprise! O.
M.G.” dolls and “never received one complaint” that a customer was “confused” about a possible association with the OMG Girlz.
“It’s not right what’s happening,” attorney Paul J. Loh said of the infringement claims. “We’re here to vindicate the truth.
” Over the last three weeks, jurors heard testimony that T.I. and Tiny co-founded the OMG Girlz in 2009 with Tiny’s daughter Zonnique “Star” Pullins as a core member and then built the group into a popular act .