After winning their legal battle against Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams the family of the late singer Marvin Gaye have set their sights on the creator of Fox’s ‘Empire.’
Why?
The star’s son says the concept was his idea!
Marvin Gaye III developed a TV concept named ‘Diamonds & Ballads‘ and presented the idea to a number of television executives.
What this has to do with the show’s mastermind Lee Daniels? Well, a number of these executives have close creative ties to him and are said to have been part of a plot to steal Gaye’s idea to create what fans now know to be ‘Empire.’
Daniels insists the series was inspired by Shakespeare‘s ‘King’s Lear’ but Marvin isn’t convinced and is now planning to file a lawsuit against him before the show returns to the world for a second season later on this year.
It wouldn’t be the first time the Gaye family have felt their ideas have been stolen from them.
Click here to learn more about their aforementioned feud with Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams.
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