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03
May 2006
J-Lo
Sued By Writer Over TV
Drama
Jennifer
Lopez
is being sued by a
writer who claims the
singer and a US
television network stole
his idea for a
series.
Jack
Bunick's lawsuit alleges
that South Beach, which
was executive-produced
by Lopez, borrowed from
a copyrighted script he
wrote in late
1999.
It
was for a pilot episode
of a show that would
have been called South
Beach Miami, he claimed
in the federal court
filing in
Manhattan.
South
Beach started on the
network UPN in January
2006, but has since been
cancelled.
Bunick
said his script was
about two young men from
Brooklyn who travel to
the Miami destination,
where one soon gets
involved with the club
and modelling
scenes.
A
recurring theme was said
to be that the main
character is "in many
ways out of his element
in South
Beach".
According
to UPN's website, its
show is about best
friends Matt and
Vincent, who "abandon
their world as they know
it and head to the
alluring paradise of
sandy beaches, beautiful
people and hot spots in
glamorous South
Beach".
Bunick's
suit claims his agent
spoke to a UPN executive
and sent a copy of his
script to her in
February 2000, but that
he was never contacted
by the
network.
He
is seeking monetary
damages and an
injunction banning any
further broadcast of
South Beach. Jenniefer
Lopez and UPN have not
yet
commented.
The
lawsuit also names CBS
Television, Viacom
Networks Inc and Lopez's
Nuyorican Productions
company.
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