A judge bans the 'Mean Girls' actress and her brother from launching or promoting the e-commerce app Vigme following a legal dispute with a former business partner.
- November 1, 2014
AceShowbiz -
Lindsay Lohan and her brother Michael Lohan Jr. are not allowed to carry out activities related to their e-commerce app Vigme after a former business partner claimed that the siblings stole his idea to set a competing business. The ex-partner Fima Potik filed a $60 million lawsuit on Thursday, October 30, claiming breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty and loyalty, misappropriation of trade secrets and unfair competition.
As reported by Page Six, Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Saliann Scarpulla issued a temporary restraining order on Friday, preventing the pair from launching, promoting or marketing their app. Lohan's attorney Ravi Batra has commented on the temporary restraining order, saying that it only "preserves the status quo."
The Lohans will file their own papers "backing up their claim that Fima is an inept plagiarizer who fraudulently induced Lindsay, Mike and Chris to join him with [false] representations that he would have a product-recognizing app by June 2013 - an app he still hasn't created." He also said, "Fima's days of being a celebrity-leech are over."
Lohan and Potik's legal battle started in 2013. Back then, Potik invited Lohan, her brother and their friend Christopher Roth to become a part of "virtual closet" app Spotted Friend which he founded. Later Potik learned that Lohan was creating Vigme which he claimed was "virtual clone" of Spotted Friend.
