Jay-Z took the witness stand in Manhattan Supreme Court today to testify about perfume. The 51-year-old rapper is being sued by Parlux Fragrances, which has accused the star of failing to properly promote his Gold Jay-Z cologne line.
The conversation then pivoted to whether Jay-Z had even read the clause of the contract that concerned his personal obligations before he signed it. Parlux’s lawyer still seemed annoyed at the fact that his first attempt to depose Jay-Z had been unsuccessful. “You didn’t come to give your testimony that day,” the lawyer chided him. “We all went to your office and you decided you didn’t want to be videoed and refused to testify.
“In the fragrance industry, it is virtually impossible to sustain the success of a celebrity fragrance brand,” the lawsuit claimed, unless the brand is bolstered by “promotional support from the celebrity in the form of public appearances” in addition to “regularly updating and refreshing the brand with ‘flanker’ launches and new line extensions.”
Adding insult to alleged injury, the fragrance company said the rapper rejected a design for a Gold Jay-Z bottle with an 18-karat gold exterior that was worth over $20,000, but that he pocketed the prototype. Jay-Z promptly countersued. He accused Parlux of failing to hold up its end of the deal, furnishing him with inadequate accounting reports and promotional resources, among other things. Notably, he said the company still owed him $2.7 million in royalties.
The rapper appeared for a video deposition earlier in the case. Judge Andrew Borrok said Jay-Z should appear “the old-fashioned way,” according to
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