
A fitness video featuring Jessica Simpson is about to go public, despite the pop star's efforts to keep it off shelves.
The singer fronted the project for train firm Speedfit, however she did not just like the finished end result and filed authorized papers to keep the DVD from being sold.
However now a Hollywood producer has bought the rights to the video - and he is difficult Simpson and her handlers to cease him from making it public.
In a defiant letter to Simpson's legal professionals, obtained by WENN, the brand new proprietor, Ed Meyer, writes, "After a lot due diligence, I've bought rights to distribute the as yet unreleased Jessica Simpson Exercise Video from Speedfit.
"Whereas your consumer Jessica Simpson believes that she has a sound New York court order stopping such a contract, she really does not."
Meyer insists his contract with Speedfit is "legitimate", and he has threatened Simpson with authorized motion if she insists on transferring ahead with "any tortuous interference or restraint of commerce".
The producer plans to re-edit the health movie, which was shot in 2005, and launch it. Simpson gained an arbitration ruling to maintain the exercise video from being distributed - an enormous hurdle for Meyer.
She additionally gained a ruling barring Speedfit from utilizing her name and likeness to promote the video.
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