Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) has been taken to court by an American woman who alleges that the network owned by the media mogul stole the idea of her show ‘The Agency’.
According to The Jasmine Brand, Otisa C. Strickland claims that the “Iyanla: Fix My Life,” reality show aired on OWN is a replica of the series she created in 2008.
‘Iyanla: Fix My Life’ is hosted by relationship expert, Iyanla Vanzant.
In her suit, Strickland wants the court to stop the alleged stealing and wants to recover damages. The complaint says:
“The plaintiff brings this action to halt and recover its damages from defendant’s ongoing infringement of its rights to ‘The Agency’. Specifically, plaintiff seeks to stop defendants’ blatant theft of its copyrightable expression.”
And that’s not all.
Strickland went further to make severe allegations against Oprah, stating that the media proprietor knows and had researched ‘The Agency’, but still went further to steal the copyright.
“Oprah Winfrey was aware of my identity and she was familiar with the television visions which were on record at the copyright office. She researched my copyrights, and stole my copyrightable expression in an attempt to profit from my gifted and creative mind.”
Neither Oprah nor Iyanla has spoken up since the allegation surfaced.
see below court document:
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