LaMelo Ball, PUMA Sued By Big Baller Brand Cofounder, Claims $200 Mil in Damages

Alan Foster — who cofounded the Big Baller Brand — is dragging the Balls to court docket as soon as once more … this time he is suing LaVar Ball, Tina Ball, LaMelo Ball in addition to PUMA, alleging they screwed him out of lots of of tens of millions of {dollars}.

Foster’s claims have been spelled out in a brand new lawsuit filed in federal court docket in California earlier this week … some 4 years after he had a falling out with the Ball household over the BBB enterprise.

Within the swimsuit, obtained by TMZ Sports activities, Foster says as a part of his function at BBB, he helped develop Melo’s model.

Foster alleges he got here up with the “MB1” line for the Charlotte Hornets level guard when the hooper was simply a teen — after which he filed for a number of emblems for it. Foster claims all of it finally led to the creation of Melo’s first signature shoe, the MB1 — which he says was extremely profitable.

Nonetheless, Foster says just a few years later … in an try and push Foster out of the corporate, LaVar created a second model of BBB — and tried to switch over Foster’s emblems to chop him out of the “huge profits” from the profitable model.

As well as, Foster says when Melo finally signed a profitable shoe contract with PUMA, the basketball participant and the attire firm infringed on his emblems once they created their new signature shoe, the MB.01.

“LaMelo was instrumental in creating his first signature shoe with Big Baller Brand,” Foster wrote within the swimsuit. “He was fully aware of the existence of the LaMelo Trademarks — he helped design them!”

Foster continued, “He knew that his Big Baller Brand signature shoe was called the ‘MB1’ and that the name was protected by federal trademark. Yet, despite his knowledge of all of this, LaMelo willfully and deliberately chose to name the signature shoe he created and designed with PUMA the ‘MB1’ in violation of the LaMelo Trademarks.”

Foster alleges the damages he is sustained over all of it exceed $200 million.

In fact, this isn’t the primary time Foster has gone after LaVar in court docket … he beforehand sued after alleging LaVar used BBB firm cash to fund his lavish life-style.