Things are heating up in food entrepreneur Ayesha Curry’s kitchen. The wife of NBA superstar Steph Curry, Ayesha is being sued for more than $10 million by a celebrity branding company.
Robert Flutie, owner of Flutie Entertainment, said he met Ayesha in late 2014. At the time she had a food blog called “Little Lights of Mine.” In the lawsuit, Flutie claims she hired his company to build her into a global brand and they signed an agreement to work together in Nov. 2014, AP News reported.
Flutie said his company helped her become “a current and modern-day version of Martha Stewart or Rachael Ray” with cookbooks, TV shows, and a line of consumer products. “Those include helping Curry land a Food Network show and a hosting role on ABC’s ‘Great American Baking Show,’ as well as producing a best-selling cookbook and launching several successful food-based businesses,” Black Enterprise reported.
Then in May 2019 Ayesha, 31, fired Flutie and allegedly tried to cut his company out of all profits and ownership equity of things created during their partnership.
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Flutie is seeking at least $10 million, plus a 50 percent interest in her Yardie Girl production company, which handles her TV projects.
Flutie also wants a stake in Ayesha’s Homemade brand, which includes a website and e-commerce business.
Ayesha’s lawyer, Michael Plonsker, says the lawsuit has no merit. “Ayesha Curry terminated her business relationship with disgruntled manager Robert Flutie in early 2019,” Plonsker said in a statement. “We are confident that the legal process will find his accusations nonsensical and completely unfounded.”
Also named in the lawsuit are six Curry-affiliated companies and an ex-Flutie employee who now works directly with Ayesha.
