Chloe Bailey has been accused of not giving credit to a songwriter who contributed to her album, Trouble in Paradise.
According to a report from Billboard, songwriter Melvin "4rest" Moore and his legal team allege that Bailey, her label Parkwood Entertainment, and Columbia Records committed "copyright infringement, fraudulent misrepresentation, violations of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), civil conspiracy and deceptive business practices."
The lawsuit states that Bailey and her team "fail[ed] to appropriately credit or compensate" Moore for the work he contributed on Trouble in Paradise, specifically the songs "Favorite," "Might As Well" and "Same Lingerie."
The lawsuit also states that Moore "did not grant consent to the commercial exploitation of the [songs]" for the songs he wrote for the album and didn't get a chance to negotiate with Bailey's team regarding the contractual terms.
Bailey and her team were labeled as “modern-day swindlers” and Moore's team “repeatedly made good-faith attempts to amicably resolve the matter of [Bailey, Parkwood and Columbia’s] unauthorized commercial exploitation."
Moore is seeking monetary damages up to $150,000 in the lawsuit, a court order stopping further commercial use of the song and a thorough investigation of Bailey, Parkwood, and Columbia’s revenue from unauthorized use of the songs.
They're also seeking repayment of all profits from the songs. As of press time, Bailey representatives had yet to comment on the lawsuit.
