Lady Antebellum have been accused of ‘lying to the American public’ by Lady A The country group announced a few weeks ago they were changing their name to that of the blues singer in response to the Black Lives Matter movement, as the word Antebellum has associations to slavery in the US, and have now launched legal action against the solo artist over their shared moniker, asking for a declaration that they aren't infringing on a trademark in using the name.
The legal action claimed Lady A "demanded a $10m payment" from them, and so she has claimed the action was taken to make her "look bad", even though she planned to donate half the sum to charity and use the rest to rebrand herself.
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