TI, Tiny and OMG Girlz Win $71 Million After Lawsuit Against Toy Maker

This week, TI and Tiny have a good time their victory over toy manufacturer MGA Entertainment.

On September 23, a jury in Orange County, California, ruled in favor of the couple in an mental property infringement case, awarding the couple $71 million in damages.

The lawsuit was filed against the manufacturer of a line of “OMG” dolls that TI and Tiny claim stole the image and likeness of members of OMG Girlz, the music group they founded greater than a decade ago and which included their daughter Zonnique.

“It was a fight. It was a hell of a fight,” Tiny said on Instagram Live after the decision was announced, in accordance with People magazine“We couldn’t be happier… We just want to thank the judges for just helping us through this and believing in what we said. They listened to our story and knew we weren’t lying. It’s amazing.”

During the live broadcast, the Xscape singer also revealed that their legal battle with MGA Entertainment has been ongoing since 2020. After all, as Tiny has shown in previous Instagram poststhe jury found similarities between OMG Girlz and half of the corporate’s “OMG” doll line. Finding that 15 of the 30 dolls infringed on the group’s trade dress and misappropriated its name, image, and likeness, the lawsuit resulted within the couple receiving $17.9 million in actual damages and $53.6 million in punitive damages.

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“I think justice has been served. I think it’s a testament to the tenacity and resilience of my wife, daughter and nieces,” he told TI Rolling Stone“We’re just happy that we were able to come out on top and fight for creators and our intellectual property, which large corporations consider to be public domain and anyone can freely take and use.”

During the three-week trial, Bahja Rodriguez, Breaunna Womack and Zonnique Pullins, members of the girl group, testified in court. TI claims that the toy maker’s lawyer called the lawsuit a “money grab” because they denied the accusations. People magazine also reports that MGA Entertainment founder Isaac Larian called the couple and the girl group “blackmailers.”

“I think it was a scare tactic, trying to paint me as the bad guy when really they were the bad guys,” the rapper added. “They came and lied to us, and (they) expected us not to have the courage to stand up for ourselves and speak up for ourselves. … That kind of condescension comes from not really being in touch with the reality of the culture after you’ve done what you want for so long and no one has really stood up and spoken up against you.”

“We did it for the city,” Tiny said of the lawsuit. “We did it for the culture.”