Reports that Beyonce is Being Sued Are Off Key

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9:17 am, August 28th, 2009

“Reality TV Star Sues Beyonce,” blared the headline of a story from Contact Music that claimed Chris March was allegedly taking her to court.  The article went on to say, “BEYONCE is facing legal action from a former PROJECT RUNWAY contestant who helped design the singer’s costumes for her I AM… tour,” and who, according to that piece, the singing sensation and her creative advisor, designer Thierry Mugler, “allegedly failed to pay… for the extravagant stage outfits he helped make as head of costumes” for her tour.

First off: Chris March is NOT suing Beyonce, and never planned to. He’s only suing Mugler for $43,500, which is the amount he says he’s still owed for designing and fitting the costumes used by Beyonce on her I AM… tour.

So why would Contact Music and other outlets report that he’s suing Beyonce?

Simply because they picked up that story from Perez Hilton’s new site CocoPerez, which launched only two weeks ago, and is already designed for factual disaster. On Hilton’s new site, he wrote a piece that was unambiguously titled, “Beyonce Sued By Project Runway Designer.” (Once again, as her rep reiterated to Gossip Cop, “Beyonce is NOT being sued.”)

To be fair, some time after Hilton posted his inaccurate report, he later made a correction – that is, after March’s attorney fired a note to him that read, “Chris March’s lawsuit is not against Beyonce, but rather against Thierry Mugler.” Oh.

The problem, however, is after Hilton’s factual faux pas, a slew of other sites ran with it, and never saw the amended attorney statement, which is exactly why Gossip Cop exists, and why we’ll continue to set the record straight.

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