Pretty Ricky vs. Pleasure P

Pleasure P Molestation Scandal Continues

December 8. 2009

The new Pretty Ricky sans Pleasure P

Pleasure P, also known as Marcus Cooper, is currently under fire for child molestation. As previously stated, it is alleged he molested his 3-year old niece and 4-year-old nephew when he was 14-years-old. The case was sealed by the court, which enabled him to get a record deal as a teenager, with the group Pretty Ricky.

Considering their fanbase is and was largely comprised of preteen and teenage girls, he should not have been in the group, as he posed a danger to his primary audience.

A 2007 case revealed a massive legal squabble in Miami federal court between the two parties. Bluestar Entertainment of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, a city in an adjacent county to Miami (Dade county), sued Pleasure P for copyright infringement and breach of contract. Bluestar, run by the dad of the three remaining original members of Pretty Ricky, had Pleasure P under an exclusive artist and music publishing contract, in conjunction with Atlantic/Warner Bros.

The Judiciary Report did a search of Pacer and found the lawsuit Bluestar Entertainment International v. Marcus Cooper (Pleasure P), filed under the case number 07-23245, presided over by Judge Hoeveler with Magistrate Judge Stephen Brown. 

Pleasure P

They sued him for breach of contract and demanded legal fees and punitive damages. They stated he breached the contract and was about to violate it again ("anticipatory breach"). The filing states he was performing for others and refusing to do promotional appearances for Bluestar, apparently with Pretty Ricky, which is confusing, as the group maintained last week that he was kicked out.  

Bluestar was represented by Richard Wolfe's law firm, Wolfe & Goldstein, who is also the alleged legal outfit that had the Pleasure P molestation case sealed, via his partner Goldstein, as revealed by leaked documents on Twitter. 

Bluestar requested the court bar Pleasure P from recording with anyone else, which based on the language in the lawsuit, he was threatening to do. The lawsuit was settled on September 4, 2009 and as such dismissed with prejudice. Pleasure P is currently on the Atlantic/Warner Bros. label, but still listed as a Bluestar solo artist.

Recently, Pleasure P received Grammy nominations for his solo CD and that's when the scandal erupted, unearthing his child molestation case. 

CLICK HERE FOR BLUESTAR V. PLEASURE P LAWSUIT

Side Bar: why does Pretty Ricky's music have to be so explicit and profane. It is not necessary. It is an item of concern, especially when one realizes their audience is mostly underage youth.  

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