Back in 2009 a former assistant to Keenan, Shawn and Marlon Wayans accused the brothers of ripping off his jokes and filed a copyright infringement suit against them [click here if you missed that]. Well, Assistant Joke Writing Guy is getting ready to have his day in court...
According to The Hollywood Reporter Keenan, Shawn and Marlon Wayans are due in court July 11th to answer charges of plagiarism brought against them by Jared Edwards who says the brothers stole his golddigger jokes. Jared, who worked for the Wayans brothers for ten years, claims he pitched a series of 'You Know You're a Golddigger When' jokes to the Wayans brothers, who turned down his idea then turned around and published a book called 'You Know You're a Golddigger When..." with St. Martin's Press. Because the book didn't do well, the judge has put a cap on the amount of damages that can be awarded.
