T.I. and Tiny vowed to reject a decide’s diminished $1 punitive damages ruling of their lawsuit in opposition to MGA Entertainment over OMG Girlz.

T.I. and Tiny Harris are pushing again after a federal decide slashed their $71 million courtroom victory to only beneath $18 million of their mental property battle with toy big MGA Entertainment over the OMG Girlz likeness.

The couple’s authorized workforce confirmed they plan to reject the revised judgment, which gutted the unique $53.6 million punitive damages all the way down to a symbolic $1, leaving solely the $17.9 million in compensatory damages intact.

Their legal professional, John Keville, advised PEOPLE the pair is “considering our options as to next steps.”

“But if in the end there is another mini-trial on just the punitive damages, we expect another jury will be similarly offended by MGA’s maliciousness and copying,” Keville stated.

The decide’s resolution, issued earlier this week, discovered there wasn’t sufficient proof to show MGA acted with “willful intent or conscious disregard,” a authorized threshold required for punitive damages.

T.I. and Tiny now have two weeks to determine whether or not to simply accept the diminished payout or push for a brand new trial centered solely on punitive damages.

In a joint assertion, the couple stated, “When we took on MGA Entertainment, we stood up for the OMG Girlz but also for something bigger. We stood up for every creative who wants to protect their vision and brand from unfair use without recognition and compensation.”

They added, “The OMG Girlz’ lawsuit shows just how hard it is for creatives, especially Black artists and young entrepreneurs, to protect their intellectual property from billion-dollar corporations.”

The authorized combat started when the couple accused MGA of copying the OMG Girlz’s title, picture and elegance for a line of L.O.L. Surprise! O.M.G. dolls with out permission. The lawsuit centered on seven dolls that allegedly mimicked the group’s signature look and branding.

After years of litigation, together with a mistrial and retrial, a jury in September 2024 sided with T.I. and Tiny, awarding $71 million in damages—$17.9 million in compensatory damages and $53.6 million in punitive damages.

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