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T.I. and his wife Tiny won $71 million in a federal lawsuit against toymaker MGA Entertainment over the company’s L.O.L. Surprise! O.M.G. dolls toy line.
On Monday, a California jury awarded T.I. and Tiny $71 million for violating the OMG Girlz intellectual property rights.
The $71 million award includes $53.6 million in punitive damages, PEOPLE reported.
“We did this for the city. We did this for the culture,” Tiny said during an Instagram Live video outside of a Santa Ana, Calif., federal courthouse on Monday.
“It was a fight. It was a hell of a fight,” the Xscape singer, 49, added. “We couldn’t be more happy.”
T.I. (born Clifford Harris) and Tiny (Tameka Cottle) initially sued MGA Entertainment in 2020 for stealing the name, likeness, and costume style of OMG Girlz — the pop trio Tiny founded in 2009 with her daughter, Zonnique and 2 childhood friends, Bahja Rodriguez and Breaunna Womack.
MGA launched its line of dolls called L.O.L. Surprise! O.M.G. dolls in 2019.
Tiny called out the company over the years on Instagram. Last week, she posted side-by-side images comparing the dolls to the OMG Girlz.
“Do these dolls look familiar?” she wrote over the images.
“1 of many but biggest custom outfit in questioned! @omggirlz vs #OMGDolls last wk of court! God willing the truth will prevail!!!” Tiny captioned the post.
In May 2023, T.I. and Tiny lost their infringement lawsuit against MGA Entertainment. A jury ruled in the toymaker’s favor after the first trial ended in a mistrial, according to Rolling Stone magazine.
Tiny expressed relief after Monday’s legal victory. “I mean, wow. They did more than I thought they would,” she told Rolling Stone. “I would have been happy with whatever. They blessed us more than beyond. We wanted to thank the jurors so bad, but we didn’t get the opportunity.”
The toymaker can delay paying out the award until after they appeal the jury’s verdict.
T.I. and Tiny Harris won a $71 million jury verdict in their court case against MGA Entertainment for violating the intellectual property rights of their pop group OMG Girlz
pic.twitter.com/T0QryNeJ9l— Daily Loud (@DailyLoud) September 24, 2024
Tameka “Tiny” Harris and OMG Girlz leaving court after winning eye-popping $71 million jury award
Jury found MGA Entertainment, maker of “L.O.L. Surprise! O.M.G.” dolls, violated the trade dress, name, image and likeness of the OMG Girlz pic.twitter.com/THFCnvhf2v
— Nancy Dillon (@Nancy__Dillon) September 24, 2024
