Trump may face day in court thanks to lawsuit from reggae singer Eddy Grant

Original reporting: Donald Trump to be deposed over use of Eddy Grant hit 'Electric Avenue' in Biden-bashing tweet. (Business Insider)

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Source: The Guardian

Trump may face day in court thanks to lawsuit from reggae singer Eddy Grant

The musician sued the former president and his administration over the use of his song Electric Avenue in an ad in 2020

Martin Pengelly in New York
@MartinPengelly
Fri 1 Apr 2022 07.00 BST

Reggae singer Eddy Grant may succeed where the attorney general of New York state and other powerful figures have struggled – by forcing Donald Trump to answer questions under oath in a legal proceeding.

Grant sued the former president and his campaign over the use of the song Electric Avenue in an ad in 2020.

In the ad, Grant’s song plays over an animation of Joe Biden traveling slowly in a handcar, after a Trump campaign train passes at high speed. Remarks from Biden are also heard.

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This week, in a letter to the judge reported by Business Insider, a lawyer for Grant said he wrote “with consent from defendants Donald J Trump and Donald J Trump for President, Inc … to request a 60-day extension for the parties to complete discovery”.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/apr/01/trump-lawsuit-eddy-grant-electric-avenue

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Source: Business Insider

Donald Trump to be deposed over use of Eddy Grant hit 'Electric Avenue' in Biden-bashing tweet.

Laura Italiano Mar 30, 2022, 5:27 PM

Donald Trump and "Electric Avenue" singer Eddy Grant are about to collaborate on some recordings — their sworn depositions in an ongoing copyright case.

Both Trump and Grant must be deposed by June 21 in the singer's 2020 lawsuit, which seeks $300,000 in damages from the hit song's use in a Biden-bashing tweet from the last presidential election, court filings revealed Wednesday.

Grant is suing both the former president and his campaign over the use of the ear-wormy 1983 single, which plays in the background of an animation that was posted to the Trump Twitter site on Aug. 12, 2020.

Forty seconds of the song was used in the animation, which made fun of then-candidate Joe Biden, showing him puttering along on a slow-moving hand-car as the Trump campaign barrels by in a high-speed train.

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Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-electric-avenue-singer-eddy-grant-depositions-2022-3