Tyrese Accuses Teddy Pendergrass’ Widow Of “Harming” His Reputation By Issuing Stalled Biopic Around Hollywood • Hollywood Unlocked

Tyrese has accused Joan Pendergrass of passing around the derailed Teddy Pendergrass biopic behind his back and harming his reputation in Hollywood.

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The singer claims Pendergrass is still promoting the biopic and distributing it within Hollywood while using his name despite him being excluded from the project after 2022 as reported by Radar Online. Tyrese previously sued the widow for $1 million in damages, stating his production company, Voltron Entertainment, secured the film rights to her late husband’s life story in 2011 and said she signed off on the deal for a $450,000 investment.

In 2022, he claimed Joan refused to sign the paperwork to expand the deal, and his latest legal filing says she is making claims to other third parties that Tyrese is attached to the project. Tyrese also accused her of passing the project around for financial and reputation gain.

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“Plaintiff is further informed and believes and, based thereon, alleges that Joan is falsely holding herself out as still working with Voltron and Mr. Gibson for her own and the Estate’s reputational and financial gain, and to open doors in the entertainment industry that otherwise would never open for her,” 

Tyrese also claims that his production company has allegedly suffered from financial harm as a result of Joan’s behavior, claiming Voltron invested hundreds of thousands of dollars to support the project. However, Joan has denied any allegations of wrongdoing and she request a court to dismiss the claims made by Voltron.

She said she sold the rights to Warner Bros. in 2019, and documents stated the company was “the successor-in-interest to Voltron with respect to the Option Agreement and Voltron no longer a party to the Option Agreement.”