Alfonso Ribeiro Suing Fortnite For Using Carlton Dance

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Alfonso Ribeiro Suing Fortnite Over Taking Carlton Dance

“Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” actor Alfonso Ribeiro is another one of the fellow celebrities suing crazed multi-player game Fortnite for stealing a signature dance without the creator’s permission. During Ribeiro’s time on the “Fresh Prince” with Will Smith, he played the character Carlton Banks who was known for a popular dance called the Carlton Dance.

Apparently, Epic Games (Fortnite creator) released a copy of the dance in January 2018 called “fresh emote.” Reports claim Ribeiro is in the midst of getting the dance copy-written. Ribeiro’s lawyer David Hecht released a statement about the case.

It is widely recognized that Mr. Ribeiro’s likeness and intellectual property have been misappropriated by Epic Games in the most popular video game currently in the world, Fortnite. Epic has earned record profits off of downloadable content in the game, including emotes like ‘Fresh.’ Yet Epic has failed to compensate or even ask permission from Mr. Ribeiro for the use of his likeness and iconic intellectual property.”

Epic Games is also being sued by rapper 2 Milly, who claims the game creator jacked his Milly Rock dance wand recreated it on their game without permission.