A judge in America has thrown
out a lawsuit filed against rapper Nicki Minaj by her former wig designer.
In a lawsuit in February,
Terrence Davidson accused Minaj and Pink Personality LLC of breaking verbal
contracts.
He also claimed Minaj went
back on talks to launch a reality TV show and a wig line and that she stole his
designs.
Lawyers for Minaj filed a
motion in May to dismiss the lawsuit.
US District Judge Harold
Murphy in Atlanta agreed that Davidson did not have grounds to claim.
Davidson said in the $30
million (£18m) lawsuit that he began working as Minaj's hair stylist in early
2010.
He created various wigs for
the rapper, known for her flamboyant hairpieces that she wore to a pre-show for
MTV's Video Music Awards, during media appearances in London and for her video
SuperBass.
Davidson said he turned down
a contract for a reality TV show after talking to a representative of the
rapper.
Terrence Davidson (Centre)
claimed Nicki Minaj had stolen his wig designs
Davidson, whose celebrity
clients include singers Patti LaBelle and Jennifer Hudson, said Minaj and her
team shut him out months into talks about a reality show and a line of wigs.
He stopped working as her
stylist in early 2013.
He said the former American
Idol judge took his designs without his consent and used them to start her own
wig line.
Minaj's lawyers said that
Davidson was "upset because he lost his most famous client'' and was
seeking to force himself into a business relationship that Minaj and Pink
Personality developed without him to get money from them that he didn't earn.
Nicki Minaj is well known for
wearing extravagant wigs
The judge wrote in his order
that the verbal promises of future business Davidson said he got from Minaj and
her team were too vague and that it was unreasonable for Davidson to rely on
them as a done deal.
The judge said that Davidson
claimed his wigs were distinctive because of their design and colour.
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