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Chloe Bailey Sued for Failing to ‘Appropriately Credit or Compensate’ Songwriter on ‘Paradise’ Album
Chloe Bailey has been hit with a lawsuit by a songwriter who says she and her labels failed to properly credit and pay him for his contributions.
R&B star Chloe Bailey(performing as Chlöe) has been accused of failing to properly credit and pay a songwriter who worked on her album Trouble in Paradise and of commercially releasing the songs he wrote without his consent, according to court documents filed in the Southern District of New York on Thursday (Feb. 20). In the lawsuit, filed by attorney Tyrone Blackburn, songwriter Melvin “4rest” Moore alleges that the actions of Bailey, along with her label Parkwood Entertainment and Columbia Records, constitute “copyright infringement, fraudulent misrepresentation, violations of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), civil conspiracy and deceptive business practices.” Chlöe attends the Los Angeles premiere of Disney's "Mufasa: The Lion King" at Dolby Theatre on December 9, 2024 in Hollywood, California.
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