Beyonce sued, accused of "driving 70 people into unemployment, the week before Christmas"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Beyonce Accused of Destroying Xmas for 70 People

4/26/2011 2:13 PM PDT by TMZ Staff



Beyonce Knowles is a "morally reprehensible" person who screwed 70 people out of their jobs one week before Christmas ... this according to a new legal documents obtained by TMZ.

A video game company called Gate Five filed papers today in NY -- in which they claim they had a deal in place in 2010 to create a game with Beyonce called, "Starpower: Beyonce."

According to the docs, things went awry during a "crucial moment in the project's development" when Beyonce made "an extortionate demand" for more money -- even though the two sides already had a deal in place.

Gate Five claims her move "drove 70 people into unemployment, the week before Christmas" ... and notes that one of the project's backers described her conduct as "morally reprehensible."

http://www.tmz.com/2011/04/26/beyonce-lawsuit-video-game-christmas-xmas-starpower-100-million-gate-five/

[LiberalFighter]

1. I sort of like her and I sort of hate her. And nothing to do with the story.

Just that one video song of hers.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

3. I can't get behind the whole "diva" thing, with her or anyone else...

...the media tries to position her and her husband as royalty, and they're not royalty to me...just a couple of singers with a lot of money.

Nothing wrong with success...it just represents certain qualities to some people that don't resonate with me at all. This past December, she and her husband reportedly spent ridiculous amounts of money on Christmas gifts for each other, and the press was all over it, as if it meant something more than the fact that they had the money to spend...SFW, ya know?

[Poll_Blind]

2. If she really did try to change the terms after they had a signed agreement...

..and then (presumably) pulled funding, this could work out very poorly for her.

Having worked in software development, having a solid deal in place allows everyone to breathe easier. It's not like the people who make up the apparatus of a software company are any different than folks at any other job and often, on average, don't always make great money. So getting quarterly payments based on milestones is a huge deal and everyone in a small software company will break their ass to make sure they meet or exceed those requirements to keep the money coming- especially on a project which is slated to go into several years of continual development.

Again, this is all hearsay so far, but lawyers are not cheap and software companies go out of business all the time. For these guys to go after her, it would seem they're willing to bet money they probably don't have much of that they've got a good case against her organization.

PB

[provis99]

4. the louder people shout about their Christianity,

the more immoral and sleazy they likely are.