Say it ain't so....

According to eurweb.com, Mara Brock Akil, executive producer of Girlfriends, and showrunner for the new spinoff, The Game, is being sued by Staci Robinson who claims that The Game's plot closely resembles her unpublished book, similarly titled, "Game." In a lawsuit filed Sept. 14 in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, Robinson seeks $40 million from Akil, other producers on the show, the CW and its owners. Robinson also seeks a temporary restraining order to prevent the network from airing the series, which is scheduled to premiere next Sunday, October 1. In her lawsuit, Robinson says she showed Akil a manuscript of her novel in 2001, when she interviewed for a writers assistant job at Kelsey Grammer's Grammnet Productions. Akil and Grammnet are named as defendants in the suit, along with CW and its owners, CBS and Warner Bros. Both the novel and show follow a woman who is torn between her college dreams and a love interest in the NFL, according to the suit.

I really hope that this is just a coincidence. I have the utmost respect for Mara Brock Akil and I'm sure she wouldn't intentionally steal Staci Robinson's idea and make it her own. I'll definitely be keeping on top of this story. Stay tuned....