Lancome Sue Uma Thurman For $1 Million

Uma Thurman is not only dealing with stalker, but she’s got bigger issue to handle right now. Lancome, giant cosmetic company from France, asked for a ruling against the actress, who it says is demanding $1 million for unauthorized use of her name and face on Canadian billboards and Asian Web sites after her contract expired.

Lancome and Thurman signed a two-year contract in April 2000 with an option to extend the agreement for another two years. Under the terms, Lancome agreed to pay Uma Thurman $5.8 million for the first two years and $3.1 million for each additional year, if the company exercised its option. Lancome claims the contract relieves the company of responsibility if third parties use her name and face after the contract lapses.

Uma Thurman’s lawyer, Bertram Fields, said that he was quite surprised by Lancome’s lawsuit. “I thought we were negotiating in good faith,” Fields said Thursday. “I guess the French decided to strike a pre-emptive blow”. While Lancome’s lawyer, Peter D. Raymond, said his client “can’t control everybody out in the world”. The papers were filed Wednesday in Manhattan’s state Supreme Court.

Uma is always in touch with the court issues nowadays, let’s just hope it doesn’t get ‘too intimate’ for this ‘Prime’ star.

[ via MSNBC ]

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