Nicole Scherzinger is firing back at the Pussycat Dolls founder, Robin Antin after she claimed in a lawsuit that Nicole is refusing to participate in the group’s reunion tour.
Scherzinger is being sued by Antin over claims that Nicole is demanding that they negotiate again a 2019 agreement about the group’s worldwide and reunion tour, announced back in 2020 but then postponed due to the pandemic.
Antin claims that Scherzinger is demanding she receives 75 percent of the Pussycat Dolls Worldwide Tour and the “complete creative control” and “final decision-making authority.”
The court papers say Nicole initially agreed to the 49% share in PCD Worldwide in 2019, but allegedly later said she wanted to increase that to 75%.
Antin refused to meet this demand, which the lawsuit describes as “extortion”, saying Scherzinger was already contractually obliged to take part in the reunion tour under the MoU she had signed two years earlier.
The stand-off has prevented the Pussycat Dolls reunion tour dates from being rescheduled, which will cost the band financially unless a solution is found.
The documents show Live Nation invested $600,000 to partner with the group in advance of the reunion, which the tour company will demand is returned if the concerts do not go ahead.
In response to the legal action, Nicole’s lawyer said in a statement: “Prior to Nicole’s involvement, trading on Nicole’s name without her consent, Robin borrowed (and spent) $600,000 from Live Nation that she won’t or can’t repay.
“Nicole has invested her own funds in excess of $150,000 in support of a potential PCD reunion that has now been made impossible by Robin’s actions (including the public release of the group members’ confidential financial information).”
