Eminem is accusing “Real Housewives of Potomac” star Gizelle Bryant and show alum Robin Dixon of harassment amid an ongoing trademark battle between the three.
Last month, Bryant and Dixon — who co-hosts the “Reasonably Shady” podcast — filed documents revealing that the United States Patent and Trademark Office, which is overseeing the case, had ordered the “Real Slim Shady” rapper to step down.
Page Six obtained the documents on Wednesday, although US Weekly was the first to report on them.
According to Bryant and Dixon, Eminem – born Marshall Bruce Mathers III – has been “very difficult” regarding setting a date and time for the testimony.
They finally agreed on 29 October. However, after Bryant and Dixon suggested an 11 a.m. ET start time, Mathers, 53, said he would not be available until 2 p.m. ET.
“It is very difficult to give (her) time to testify, and we suggest you take advantage of the opportunity while you can get it,” the musician’s attorney acknowledged in an email to the women’s lawyer.
Mathers’ attorney also argued that “taking more than two hours (to depose him) would be overstating it,” noting that the attorney deposed both Bryant and Dixon “in a total of less than two hours.”
The lawyer made sure to add, “If for some reason you can’t complete the deposition in two hours, we will stay as long as we have to.”
Bryant, 55, and Dixon, 46, objected to the 2 p.m. start time, calling it “inappropriate”, ironically, “contrary to the one-day, seven-hour limit imposed by (Mathers) and the normal business hours of (the women’s) attorney and deposition salesman.”
Bryant and Dixon also accused the Grammy winner of implying that she should be “grateful to depose (her) when she’s available,” claiming that a “take it or leave it” approach shows a lack of good faith.
Earlier this month, Mathers responded by arguing that the women’s “refusal to cooperate” and “insisting on filing the motion at a three-hour start time difference” proved that her “pursuit of (her) deposition is designed to harass.”
Bryant and Dixon — who met on “RHOP” and remain good friends — launched their podcast in May 2021, and filed a trademark application for “Reasonably Shady” the following February.
The app was for their podcasts, entertainment services, and various products including apparel, makeup, and home goods.
Mathers opposed the application in February 2023, arguing that her brand would be “damaged” if the women obtained the trademark.
He insisted that “Reasonably Shady” would “create confusion in the minds of consumers”, who know him by his nicknames “Slim Shady” and “Shady” from the 90s. They also have a trademark for “Shady” for commercial use.
The following month, Bryant and Dixon’s attorney told Page Six in response, “Robin Dixon and Giselle Bryant deny any possibility of confusion between Mathers’ trademarks and their seemingly shady mark. We stand ready to defend any allegations against them regarding their intellectual property.”
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