A settlement 'in principle' has been reached in cross litigation between Pussycat Dolls frontwoman Nicole Scherzinger and the group's creator regarding the 2022 cancellation of a proposed group reunion tour.
Robin Antin, the choreographer who started the Pussycat Dolls, sued Scherzinger in September 2021, alleging the singer wrongfully refused to participate in the group's planned reunion tour unless she was granted full creative control and a larger share in the group's business venture. The tour was canceled in early 2022.
In their court papers, Antin's attorneys called Scherzinger's ultimatums a form of "extortion' that were "materially different" than those the parties had agreed upon under a February 2019 contract.
The attorneys in the case filed joint papers on Friday with Judge Mark H. Epstein notifying him of a settlement "in principle" that they said is "subject to the execution of certain written agreements." No proposed terms were divulged.
Scherzinger, now 46, countersued Antin in August 2022, stating that Antin breached her duties and obligations to Scherzinger, severely damaged (the Pussycat Dolls') goodwill and wasted the funding for the planned PCD reunion tour, ruining PCD's ability to do business through self-dealing, waste and fraud."
The countersuit also alleged that Antin paid another entertainer, Pia Mia, more than $100,000 to be PCD's lead singer and also bought Mia an expensive gift, but the singer did not last and provided no benefit to the reunion tour project.
Although the Pussycat Dolls had just two albums, they sold more than 55 million records worldwide, making them one of the world's best-selling female groups of all time