Pussycat Dolls Founder Robin Antin and Nicole Scherzinger Cite ‘Surprising’ Modifications to Delay Case Dismissal

Pussycat Dolls creator Robin Antin and Nicole Scherzinger have hit an sudden snag in wrapping up their long-running authorized battle. Antin began the Pussycat Dolls in 1995, making them a global pop phenomenon within the 2000s.

Even after settling 4 months in the past, they requested the court docket to delay the formal dismissal of the case.

Antin and Scherzinger have cited “a current sudden change in circumstances,” asking a Los Angeles court docket for extra time earlier than dismissing the case, as per Web page Six. Each events stay dedicated to the deal negotiated final 12 months, in keeping with court docket papers obtained by the outlet.

On March 6, Antin’s lawyer, David S. Blau, and Scherzinger’s lawyer, Stephen D. Rothschild, advised the court docket the settlement course of would take extra time due to intricate enterprise and monetary points developed in response to the current occasions.

The attorneys acknowledged they “require further time to finish their settlement, which includes complicated enterprise and monetary issues, a few of that are new because of the modified circumstances, and which can require the participation of third events.”

The legal professionals promised the court docket that their shoppers had been doing every part they might to settle the problem and requested the court docket for a time extension to finish the settlement. Choose Mark H. Epstein granted the petition, pushing again the case’s dismissal date to Could 28 from March 13.

The court docket battle started in September 2021 when Antin sued Scherzinger for supposedly refusing to tour with the Pussycat Dolls until she was given inventive path and 75% of the earnings.

Nicole Scherzinger dismissed the lawsuit, deeming it “meritless,” and subsequently sued Robin Antin once more in August 2022 with a countersuit on costs of Antin’s mismanagement of funds—costs Antin denied.