Rihanna amassed a $600 million fortune thanks in large part to her beauty
brand Fenty. But in 2019, the singer and makeup entrepreneur sued her
father, Ronald Fenty, for using her trademarked name to solicit business on
her behalf. In legal documents obtained by The Blast, the “Diamonds” singer
alleges her estranged father created an entertainment company, Fenty
Entertainment, with another man and posed as Rihanna’s representatives while
booking “a $15 million tour in America.” Latina and two concerts at Staples
Center in Los Angeles and T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas for $400,000.”
Rihanna claims that she did not agree to the reservations and
did not know anything about them.
“Although Mr. Fenty is Rihanna’s father,
he does not have, and never has had, authority to act on Rihanna’s behalf,”
the lawsuit reads.
Reports state that Rihanna had no choice but to file a
lawsuit as “many cease and desist letters to her father and her business
partner” did not stop them from her business practices.
The report also
indicates that her father attempted to trademark the Fenty name for a line
of hotels, but was denied by the US Patent and Trademark Office in
2018.
The trial date was set for August 22, 2020, but The Blast
confirmed that the trial was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic as
Rihanna, at the time of writing, resides in the UK and witnesses are
scheduled. to appear “are found throughout the United States.”
