Philadelphia native and ‘Abbott Elementary’ creator Quinta Brunson is seemingly unbothered after reports emerged of her being hit with a copyright infringement lawsuit.
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‘Abbott Elementary’ Creator Quinta Brunson Hit With Copyright Infringement Lawsuit
On Monday morning (Jul. 18), reports stated a woman, Christine Davis, filed a suit against Brunson and ABC claiming their hit 2021 comedy is a “knock-off” of her 2020 copyrighted show ‘This School Year.”
In court documents, Davis claimed that she wrote her script in 2018 and that her show was registered with the copyright office in early 2020, which is a year before Brunson and ABC debuted ‘Abbott Elementary.’
Now according to Davis’ lawsuit, both of the show apparently possess similar qualities. Davis claims the “look and feel of the inner-city school, the mockumentary style, unique plot synopsis, set design, and unique characters.”
Davis’ lawsuit also alleges that several of Brunson’s characters are “nearly identical” to her show, and that the plotlines in the first few episodes are also strikingly similar.
The suit claims, “Without [Davis’] permission, license, authority, or consent, [Brunson & ABC] knowingly and illegal used [Davis’] works to create the ‘Abbott Elementary‘ television show.”
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‘Abbott Elementary’ Earns Seven Emmy Nominations & Creator Quinta Brunson Makes Black History
Now, just days prior to the reports of copyright infringement, Brunson made Emmy history and Black history with her hit show ‘Abbott Elementary.’
While the show eearned a whopping seven Emmy nominations, Brunson landed three nominations for “Outstanding Comedy Series,” “Lead Actress in a Comedy” and “Writing for a Comedy Series” (for the “Pilot”).
At 32 years old, Brunson is now the first Black woman to earn three nods in the comedy categories in the same year. She is also the youngest Black woman to ever be nominated in the comedy acting category.
Brunson ended up taking to her official Twitter account to reveal how she was “still speechless” after hearing about the nominations. She also congratulated the rest of the cast and crew.
She said: “Crying shaking and throwing up has new meaning to me because I real life did all three. Still speechless. Congrats to the entire staff and cast of Abbott Elementary. And I want to share this moment with all of the people who watch and love the show. Emmy nominated, baby!”
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‘Abbott Elementary’ Creator Quinta Brunson Seemingly Unbothered Amid Copyright Infringement Lawsuit
Following the copyright infringement reports, and still being on cloud 9 after learning about her several Emmy nominations, Brunson seemingly remained unbothered to the lawsuit.
She ended up taking to her official Twitter account hours after the reports broke and and tweeted off a celebratory post stating, “First day of production for Abbott Elementary season 2. 💅🏾😊”
She also responded to another tweet about season 2 production with several red hearts.
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