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Tatyana Ali Sues Warner Bros For Stealing Her Idea For ‘The Real’

<p>For the past few months things have been a little messy over at &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Real” as it was announced that Tamar Braxton would not return for the upcoming season&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However&comma; it’s looking like things are about to get a little messier&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to Deadline&comma; Tatyana Ali&comma; most known for her role on the sitcom &&num;8220&semi;Fresh Prince of Bel-Air&comma;&&num;8221&semi; is suing Warner Bros and Telepictures for stealing her idea concept of the television talk-show&comma;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Real”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In the suit Ali claims that she pitched the idea of the show back in 2012&comma; but was told that they &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;decided to decline&period;” However&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Real” debuted about six months later as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;a direct production&comma;” and eventually made its nationally syndicated debut in the fall of 2013&period; And has been renewed until the spring of 2018&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The suit says&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;With a great deal of disappointment and complete disbelief&comma; Ali witnessed her concept come to life on major network television at the hands of the Defendant Corporations&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to the suite&comma; Ali came up with a talk show concept that embodied&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;a unique and innovative format&comma; which featured an eclectic group of engaging female celebrity hosts&comma; each aged within their 20’s and 30’s … designed to pique the interest of the younger side of the mid-life&sol;mid-career female population and featured a variety of contemporary discussion topics in a relaxed and informal setting&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As a result&comma; Tamar Braxton&comma; Adrienne Bailon&comma; Tamera Mowry&comma; Loni Love and Jeannie Mai were hired as the hosts&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>From the suite&comma; Ali is looking to gain&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;all rightful gains&comma; profits&comma; and advantages derived by the Defendants” and the formation of a collective trust of &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;designated percentages of the proceeds resulting from past&comma; 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