Vivica A. Fox Faces Lawsuit For Slander, Libel, and Contract Interference After Dispute Over Male Strippers
Vivica A. Fox's lawyers are about to get busy working on a strong defense as the actress has just been hit with a lawsuit on Monday. Fox's former business partner, Jean-Claude LaMarre, is suing her for libel, slander and contract interference after a dispute regarding male strippers.
LaMarre claims that Fox was stealing the male performers away from his upcoming Black Magic Live stripper revue, which is based on the Lifetime reality show, Vivica's Black Magic.
LaMarre claims that Fox was ruining the tour's upcoming appearances with comments she made on social media.
"LaMarre conceived the idea of a live all black male revue," the suit explained. "Fox employed a concerted effort of defamation, intimidation and misrepresentation to steal talent from 'Black Magic Live,' and to confuse 'Black Magic Live's' audience, providing the public with false statements that Fox's copycat dance venture was in fact the real 'Black Magic Live' dance revue."
According to Variety, Fox was trying to steal the dancers from the tour for a show of her own.
After a controversy regarding comments Fox made about the dancers only performing for women and not gay men, LaMarre distanced himself from the actress for the sake of his tour.
In retaliation, Fox supposedly tried to turn the dancers against LaMarre by saying things like he "didn't care about them" and that he "was exploiting them."
When promotion for the tour began, Fox spoke out on Twitter against it.
"I will not be at this show and neither will most of the dancers! Buyer beware." The lawsuit says the results of her Tweets were devastating to the tour.
"As a result of Fox's defamatory social media campaign, LaMarre's customers canceled 'Black Magic Live' tickets and demanded refunds at shows," the suit goes on to say. "Fox's homophobic interview comments and vindictive campaign against LaMarre and 'Black Magic Live' destroyed any economic advantages LaMarre expected to enjoy following the reality show."
The monetary value that LaMarre is seeking is currently unknown. Fox has yet to comment on the lawsuit.
