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Miley Cyrus Fires Back At ‘Flowers’ Copyright Lawsuit With Claims Of A ‘Fatal Flaw’: No Bruno Mars

Miley Cyrus filed her first legal response to a copyright lawsuit claiming her hit “Flowers” was stolen from Bruno Mars’ “When I Was Your Man."

In her first response to the allegations on Wednesday, attorneys for Miley said that the total lack of involvement from Mars and two other co-writers was not some procedural quirk in the case, but rather a “fatal flaw” that required the outright dismissal of the lawsuit. Repped by Peter Anderson of the law firm Davis Wright Tremaine, Cyrus argues that Tempo’s acquisition of a “partial interest” from songwriter Philip Lawrence gave the company only “non-exclusive rights” to the song. But Tempo sued in September, claiming “Flowers” had lifted numerous elements beyond the clap-back lyrics, including “melodic and harmonic material,” “pitch ending pattern,” and “bass-line structure.” The case said it was “undeniable” that Cyrus’ hit “would not exist” if not for “Your Man.”

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