Tyler Perry Sued Over "Temptation" Movie Script - East Idaho News
Arts & Entertainment

Tyler Perry Sued Over “Temptation” Movie Script

  Published at

GETTY E 113011 TylerPerry?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1366965981595Jason Merritt/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — An Indiana man has filed a lawsuit against Tyler Perry, claiming the filmmaker stole his idea for Perry’s latest film, Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor.

TMZ.com reports Gary, Ind., resident William James says the plot is similar to a script he wrote in 2009, entitled Lover’s Kill.  The lawsuit claims both films center on a wife who has an affair which ends up ruining her marriage.

According to TMZ, James admits he doesn’t know for sure if Perry even saw his screenplay.  His lawsuit claims he gave a copy to “an associate” of Oprah Winfrey, hoping it would make it to Perry.

Representatives for both Perry and Lionsgate, the film’s distributor, had no comment on the lawsuit.

Tyler Perry’s Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor
has grossed just $49 million at the box office since its March 29 release.

Copyright 2013 ABC News Radio

SUBMIT A CORRECTION