Roc Nation Accused Of Exploiting Bikini Fashions To Promote Megan Thee Stallion Swimwear
Megan Thee Stallion’s Roc Nation administration faces lawsuits from two fashions over billboard adverts allegedly violating their picture use agreements.
Megan Thee Stallion is as soon as once more on the middle of authorized pressure as two New York fashions filed lawsuits towards Roc Nation for allegedly misusing their pictures on billboards selling her Sizzling Woman Summer season swimwear line.
Fashions Janelle Delacruz and Tonoia Wade declare the Jay-Z-backed
The corporate breached its contracts through the use of images from an April 2025 shoot in outside adverts throughout Los Angeles and three different cities.
In line with court docket paperwork obtained by Billboard, each ladies had signed agreements limiting the usage of their pictures solely to social media platforms.
Delacruz was paid $5,000 for her participation, whereas Wade earned $8,700 plus company charges.
Their lawsuits argue that Roc Nation “had a restricted license to make use of plaintiff’s likeness from the April 30, 2025, photoshoot” and “knew that it didn’t have plaintiff’s consent” to show the pictures in billboard campaigns.
The authorized filings accuse Roc Nation of breach of contract, false promoting and misappropriation of likeness. The fashions are searching for unspecified damages and declare the corporate was “unjustly enriched” by exceeding the agreed-upon phrases.
Legal professional Bassil Hamideh, who represents each ladies, instructed Billboard, “We take fashions’ rights very severely. We take into account Roc Nation’s illegal conduct towards our shoppers to be egregious.”
Though Megan Thee Stallion will not be named as a defendant in both case, the lawsuits add to the rising record of authorized entanglements surrounding her model.
She just lately gained a defamation go well with towards blogger Milagro Gramz involving AI-generated deepfakes and on-line harassment.
Roc Nation has managed Megan’s profession since 2019, a partnership that led to a long-running authorized battle along with her former label 1501 Licensed Leisure, which was resolved in 2023.
The swimwear line on the middle of the present dispute launched in Might as a part of Megan’s broader push into style and way of life branding.
