Nicole Scherzinger Shuts Down Pussycat Dolls Founder Robin Antin's Extortion Lawsuit, Calls Claims 'Ludicrous And False'
Sept. 7 2021, Published 2:57 p.m. ET
Nicole Scherzinger is firing back at the extortion lawsuit recently filed by Pussycat Dolls founder Robin Antin.
As Breaking Celebrity News was first to report, Antin recently sued Scherzinger for allegedly refusing to participate in the girl group's reunion tour and trying to extort her for money.
But the 43-year-old once-frontwoman of the popular ensemble called the 60-year-old choreographer's claims "ludicrous and false" in a statement obtained by People.
Via her attorney, Howard King, Scherzinger said that Antin's allegations "are a desperate attempt to divert blame for her own failures by trying to impose obligations on Nicole that simply do not exist."
According to the claim filed by Antin in Los Angeles Superior Court last Thursday, Robin says that Nicole breached a 2019 contract wherein the singer allegedly agreed to relaunch the Pussycat Dolls and embark on a reunion tour.
The lawsuit names company Pussycat Dolls, Inc. as the sole owner of the music recorded by Nicole's former band.
The suit says Antin and PCD Inc. were given a promissory note for $600,000 from Live Nation, "in reliance that Scherzinger" would be performing in said reunion tour.
Nicole apparently agreed to perform 45 shows and receive 49 percent of the profits. Robin claimed she spent a considerable amount of time and money on the tour, saying Nicole even promoted it on social media.
The show – whose dates were announced last July – was originally scheduled to take place in Europe from May 2021 to June 2021. It was rescheduled due to the pandemic.
Antin claims Scherzinger has since asked to rework her contract and that she backed out of the agreed-upon deal when she did not get her way.
Robin says that earlier this year, Nicole decided to demand 75 percent of the show's revenue in addition to "complete creative control" and "final decision-making authority."