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Guess what show is being sued for a stolen idea&#8230;again? &#8220;Empire&#8221; of course!<br />
Meet Jon Astor-White, the latest person with the claim that Lee Daniels stole his idea &#8212; and he wants $500 million.<br />
According to Jon, back in 2007, he was shopping around a show titled &#8220;King Solomon&#8221; and it apparently has a lot of similarities to &#8220;Empire.&#8221;</p>
<p>Well would ya looky here?!</p>
<p>Jon claims that &#8220;King Solomon&#8221; would have starred Richard Roundtree (Shaft denied) and was about a record executive and his family and their battle over control of the company.<br />
He says he faxed around the proposal which included a would-be-nice cast list, which included Diahann Carroll, Alicia Keys, Kanye West, John Goodman, George Hamilton and Angie Dickinson.<br />
In his claim, Jon describes his show as &#8220;the style and elegance of &#8216;Dynasty&#8217; meets &#8216;The Sopranos&#8217; with a sprinkling of &#8216;The Godfather.&#8217; That&#8217;s a similar comparison Marvin Gaye III made in his previous claim that &#8220;Empire&#8221; stole his idea.<br />
Jon is seeking the $500 million as well as additional damages.<br />
Source: TMZ, http://m.tmz.com/#Article/2015/08/24/empire-sued-again-claims-idea-stolen-wants-millions<br />
TSR intern: Chantel P. Instagram: @_POPchanny | Twitter: @POPchanny</p>
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