Wayans Brothers headed to trial over alleged joke theft

Keenan Ivory, Shawn and Marlon Wayans are being sued by their former employee...

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From Hip-Hop Wired:

Keenan Ivory, Shawn and Marlon Wayans are being sued by their former employee.

Jared Edwards worked for the Wayans Brothers for ten years and pitched an idea for a book about women who dealt with men for financial gain. With jokes like “You know you’re a golddigger when you know more about sports players’ stats than an ESPN analyst,” Edwards got his idea denied.

Now that the Wayans brothers released a book entitled, “You Know You’re a Golddigger When…,” their former assistant is taking them to court for copyright infringement and also breaching an “implied” promise to pay him for his ideas.

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