(EXCLUSIVE) Oprah Accused of Stealing ‘Fix My Life’ Show

Oprah Accused of Stealing ‘Fix My Life’ Show

theJasmineBRAND.com exclusively reports, Oprah Winfrey is being sued for allegedly stealing her reality television concept and turning it into the hit series “Iyanla: Fix My Life.”

Oprah Winfrey

A woman named Otisa C. Strickland says “Iyanla: Fix My Life,” a reality show about life coach and relationship expert Iyanla Vanzant that’s been airing on the Oprah Winfrey Network for five seasons, is a “carbon copy” of a reality show she purportedly created in 2008 called “The Agency.” Strickland writes in her complaint,

The plaintiff brings this action to halt and recover its damages from defendant’s ongoing infringement of its rights to ‘The Agency’. Specifically, plaintiff seeks to stop defendants’ blatant theft of its copyrightable expression.

According to the suit, “The Agency” followed a

counselor that travels all over the nation to people homes to counsel and help people with their problems.

Iyanla Vanzant

The suit claims that Oprah’s show following Vanzant is “virtually identical”. The complaint also named Oprah’s Harpo Studios production company. The suit continues,

Oprah Winfrey was aware of my identity and she was familiar with the television visions which were on record at the copyright office. She researched my copyrights, and stole my copyrightable expression in an attempt to profit from my gifted and creative mind.

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