Chlöe Bailey is being sued for a whopping $15 million for allegedly “exploiting” a songwriter who contributed to her 2024 album ‘Bother In Paradise’.
Chloe Bailey and her labels are being sued for copyright infringement and exploitation
Melvin Moore – who additionally goes by the title 4Rest – filed a copyright infringement lawsuit in New York on Thursday (20.02.25) in opposition to Bailey, Sony Music, Parkwood Leisure, and Columbia Data.
In court docket paperwork, he alleged he was not “appropriately credited or compensated” for his work on the tracks ‘Similar Lingerie’, ‘Favourite’, and ‘May As Properly’.
Moore has accused the entities of fraudulent misrepresentation, violations of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), civil conspiracy and misleading enterprise practices.
He claimed his workforce “repeatedly made good religion makes an attempt to amicably resolve the matter of [Bailey, Parkwood and Columbia’s] unauthorised industrial exploitation.”
And he’s now in search of $5 million in damages per track and $150,000 per infringement.
Moore mentioned within the 33-page doc: “It’s time for the business to acknowledge the worth of the creatives who deliver the music to life and compensate them pretty.”
In the meantime, Bailey beforehand insisted she opts to “ignore” any backlash her music might obtain as a result of she is “ordained” by her non secular beliefs.
Talking on Audacy’s ‘V-103’ podcast final yr, she mentioned: “I at all times simply wanna let the music converse for itself. And to be sincere, it doesn’t matter what I do, folks at all times discover issues to say about it, so I’m used to it. I simply select to disregard it. Folks have each proper to their opinions, freedom of speech, and it’s as much as me to decide on what I give my consideration and vitality to. Every little thing I’m doing is ordained by God, and I’m strolling in my function, and anyone who has an issue with that may kiss my booty.”