A complaint was filed on Friday in the Southern District of Florida by plaintiff Curtis J. Jackson III, best known as 50 Cent, Angela Kogan and Perfection Plastic Surgery, Inc. The complaint alleges that the defendants used a photo of the plaintiff without his consent and claimed that he had received plastic surgery from the defendants, when the plaintiff maintains that he had not.
The complaint describes the plaintiff as a “world-famous celebrity and entrepreneur.” In early 2020, the plaintiff says, he agreed to take a photo with Kogan, who he thought was a fan. Once the photo had been taken, Kogan allegedly used the photo as promotional content for Perfection Plastic Surgery, touting 50 Cent as a client and insinuating his endorsement.
50 Cent claims that since the photo was taken, it was featured in a news article opposite a photo of a faceless male undergoing a penile enhancement procedure. The plaintiff argues that this made the implication of the article clear, stating that “not only were [plaintiff’s] image and name linked to a sexual enhancement treatment he never had, but Kogan also falsely implied to the reporter that [plaintiff] was her client for plastic surgery more generally.”
The article was shared by the defendants across social media, using popular hashtags that allowed the post to gain greater visibility amongst their hundreds of thousands of followers, per the complaint. The defendant’s engagement with the article on social media allegedly led many to “...
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