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Pharrell Williams Didn t Commit Perjury In Blurred Lines’ Case, Judge Rules
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A California federal judge ruled Friday that Pharrell Williams did not commit perjury in his Blurred Lines case
Marvin Gaye s family filed a motion in 2019 alleging Williams statements in a GQ interview were evidence of perjury
The judge said Williams statements were cryptic and amenable to multiple interpretations
Pharrell Williams did not commit perjury in his Blurred Lines copyright lawsuit, a California federal judge ruled Friday.
In 2018, Williams, Robin Thicke and a song publisher were ordered by Judge John A. Kronstadt to pay Marvin Gaye s family nearly $5 million for infringing the copyright to Got to Give It Up. The following year, Gaye s family filed a motion in federal court alleging that Williams statements in a GQ interview, in which he talks about the music writing process of Blurred Lines, were evidence of perjury.
Finding Your Roots Features Pharrell Williams
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Virginia Beach native Pharrell Williams will be featured on an upcoming episode of
Finding Your Roots. Join Henry Louis Gates, Jr. as he helps musician Pharrell Williams and filmmaker Kasi Lemmons uncover extraordinarily rare first-person accounts of their enslaved ancestors.
Known not only as an award-winning producer, recording artist and founder of the hugely successful Virginia Beach event Something in the Water, Williams is also a philanthropist. His latest charitable initiative Black Ambition seeks to aid Black and Latinx entrepreneurs launching start-ups in the areas of consumer products and services, design, healthcare and tech.
Atlanta Dream basketball player Elizabeth Williams, who starred at Princess Anne, celebrated last week when Democrat Raphael Warnock defeated incumbent Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler in a critical Senate runoff election in Georgia.