LaMelo Ball, PUMA Sued By Huge Baller Model Cofounder, Claims $200 Mil in Damages

Alan Foster — who cofounded the Huge Baller Model — 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 tons of of hundreds of thousands 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 go well with, 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 ultimately led to the creation of Melo’s first signature shoe, the MB1 — which he says was extremely profitable.

Nevertheless, Foster says a number of 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 “big income” from the profitable model.

As well as, Foster says when Melo in the end 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 Huge Baller Model,” Foster wrote within the go well with. “He was totally conscious of the existence of the LaMelo Logos — he helped design them!”

Foster continued, “He knew that his Huge Baller Model signature shoe was referred to as the ‘MB1’ and that the title was protected by federal trademark. But, regardless of his information of all of this, LaMelo willfully and intentionally selected to call the signature shoe he created and designed with PUMA the ‘MB1’ in violation of the LaMelo Logos.”

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 way of life.