(EXCLUSIVE) Nicki Minaj – Ex-Wig Maker Wins Appeal, $30 Mill Legal Battle BACK ON!

The federal court judge agreed with the singer and dismissed the entire lawsuit, stating that Terrence never had any written contracts with Nicki and therefore he has no case. The order awarded Terrence nothing from his $30 million dollar legal battle.

However, the wig maker wasn’t done fighting Nicki and filed an appeal in the case a month later attempting to overturn the judges decision. Nicki fired back shortly after claiming he was attempting to shake her down for money. The rapper once again said Terrence can’t sue her due to no agreements being signed by either of them.

Nicki claimed Terrence was only hired to design, create and deliver the wigs to her. She says in regards to the wigs she sold, hairstyles aren’t copyrightable and she didn’t break any laws by selling similar designs. She demanded the appeal be dismissed.

Then on April 24th, the appeal court came back with their decision and sided with Terrence. They explain that following their review of the lawsuit and the order dismissing the case by the previous judge, they have determined the lawsuit will be re-opened and Terrence can continue the legal battle.

They say that while Nicki and Terrence had no written contract that doesn’t mean the rapper could steal his designs and sell them on her own.

The order says the pairs oral agreement was essentially that Terrence would design and sell her wigs for her personal use ONLY. They say that if he was selling them to her knowing she would copy the design and sell to the public, he would have charged a higher price for the wigs.

The appeal court says Nicki has failed to provide any law that shows she could take Terrence’s designs and sell them to her fans. They are allowing the wig designer to continue on with his $30 mill legal battle and say if he can prove the allegations in his lawsuit then he has a case against the rapper — due to her not paying him a cut from her wig line sales.

The lawsuit will go back to the lower court where the two will resume. See the exclusive court docs.

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