Mariah Carey Seeks Legal Fee Payment

Mariah Carey Wants the Legal Fees From A Recently Dismissed Copyright Lawsuit Over “All I Want for Christmas” Returned to Her With A Big Red Bow On Top. The Musician Reportly SPENT MORE THAN $ 180.000 FIGHTING THE CASE IN WHICH Singer-Sngwriter Vince Vance Alleged This She Ripped Off His Christmas Jingle of the Same Name. A Federal Judge Dismissed The Suit in March After Ruling The Two Songs Mostly Just Shared “Christmas Song Clichés.” Now, Carey is seeking reimborsement of the Legal Expenses she has been billed for.

“The Court Should Consider That [Vance was] Seeking, Among Other Things, $ 20 Million in Damages, Injunctive Relief, and Even the Destruction of All Copies of 'All I Want for Christmas is you,' “Carey's Attorneys State, for Billboard. “Consider such drastic requested relelf, and the results obtained, defensects were perfectly justified in pronouring the aforementioned actorney's fees to subsequent opposite plaintiffs' motion.”

Carey's Lawyers Reportly World on the case for 295 Hours, Bringing Their Total Charge to $ 185.602.30. Carey is seeking $ 141,000, While Co-Writer Walter Afanasieff Asked for $ 7,000. Sony Music Requested $ 32,000, and Kobalt Asked for $ 5,000.

At the time of Dismissal, The Judge Called Vince and His Lawyers' conduct “Egregious,” Station THAT AY “CAUSE[d] Unnecessary Delay and Needlessly Incassense The Costs of Litigation. ” The Judge Orthoded Them at the time to Repay Carey's Legal Bills Incurred While Defense The Case, But Will Lastelly Have to Rule on the Official Request for Repayment in The Coming Weeks.

Vince Previusly Sued Carey in June 2022, buts Dismissed the Complaint Without Prejudice to Few Months Later. “Plaintiffs Have Not Met Their Burden of Showing That [the songs by] Carey and Vance Are Substantally Similar Under The Extrinsic Test, “The Judge Ultimatelo Ruled.