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Revlon Settles Lawsuit Claiming Staffers ‘Sabotaged’ Decades-Old Britney Spears Perfume Partnership

Britney Spears' perfume is no longer at the center of a lawsuit after Revlon reached settlements with a rival and ex-execs over an alleged 'heist.'

The case, filed last year by Revlon and its Elizabeth Arden unit, accused four ex-staffers of stealing trade secrets and breaching their contracts by taking the Britney account to upstart rival Give Back Beauty – a move the lawsuit described as a “heist.” The lawsuit claimed four Arden staffers ( Vanessa Kidd, Dominick Romeo, Reid Mulvihill and Ashley Fass) had secretly helped orchestrate the star’s departure, including one who allegedly “acted as a double-agent” – working directly with Give Back Beauty while ostensibly negotiating with Britney’s team to renew her Revlon deal. Give Back Beauty and the former execs strongly denied the allegations, arguing in a later legal response that Revlon had gone to court with a “false narrative” of espionage and corporate raiding simply because it was angry that it had been beaten by a competitor.

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