Miami Heat Center Chris Bosh Sues VH-1 Show 'Basketball Wives'
Miami Heat big man Chris Bosh was a no show in game one of the Heat's first game of their second round match-up with the Boston Celtics.
The Heat won that game, but they sure could use some of the fire and passion Bosh is taking to the world of reality television.
The Hollywood Reporter states Bosh has had quite enough of the VH-1 show, Basketball Wives, for using his likeness and "life rights" without his consent.
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The suit claims Allison Mathis and producer Shed Media as co-defendants. The reason is spelled out in the lawsuit as such:
The use of Plaintiff's name by Defendants is primarily commercial and not communicative. Further, the show, 'Basketball Wives,' is not transformative, but rather the use, depiction, or imitation of celebrity NBA basketball players, including Plaintiff, is the very sum and substance of the show.
Essentially, Bosh is tired of the show referring to Bosh and tying his name to the show as if he had any say whatsoever.
His argument that the show does not offer anything other than providing a platform for women that are presented as "basketball wives." That is the main point of the show, and it does not take into account that Chris Bosh and many other athletes are not involved in any way.
The show is more a collection of women that once dated, or are former wives of NBA players. Yet the selling point of the show is the namesake of the players that play or used to play in the NBA.
It is a clever way to call out the show for not providing what it promises. Most of the cast has but a tenuous tie to the NBA and its famous stars.
It is hard to say if the lawsuit has legs, but I am thoroughly intrigued. I always found that Basketball Wives was a silly name, especially when a good amount of the characters are not married to basketball players.
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