Sharon Osbourne Sued by Jewelry Company

Mon., Feb. 6, 2012 4:15 PM PSTby Claudia Rosenbaum and Bruna Nessif

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Maybe diamonds aren't always a girl's best friend?

E! News confirms that a jewelry design company has filed a lawsuit against Sharon Osbourne for breach of contract, claiming she backed out of a deal that resulted in the company losing over $500,000. Yikes!

Here are the deets...

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Lucas Design International Inc. claimed in court papers filed in Los Angeles Superior court that they entered into an oral agreement with Osbourne in February 2011, "for the design and promotion of a Sharon Osbourne jewelry collection."

The company's lawsuit states it went ahead with the design of the collection, which was to be sold on Home Shopping Network, and "Ms. Osbourne approved the Collection that was to be shown HSN." 

But it turned out that by November, Osbourne allegedly backed out and contacted the company through her agent saying she would no longer be working with them.  

MORE: View the court documents

Lucas Design wants compensation for "the reasonable value of their work, labor services and materials." They also want unspecified compensatory damages and court costs.

Osbourne's rep has not responded to E! News' request for comment

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Amy Winehouse's Dad, Kelly Osbourne Slam Jean Paul Gaultier for Exploiting Late Singer's Image

Today 11:48 AM PSTby Rebecca Macatee

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Imitation isn't always interpreted as the sincerest form of flattery.

Designer Jean Paul Gaultier paid homage to singer Amy Winehouse's unique style at his Paris haute couture runway show earlier this week. But the late Grammy winner's father, Mitch Winehouse, is quite upset that his daughter's image is being used to sell clothes.

What exactly did he have to say?

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"We don't support the Jean Paul Galtier [sic] collection. It's in bad taste," the elder Winehouse tweeted.

"The family was upset to see those pictures. They were a total shock," he also told The Sun. "We're still grieving for her loss, and we've had a difficult week with the six-month anniversary of Amy's death."

The ex-cabbie felt it was inappropriate to try and cash in on his daughter's legacy. "To see her image lifted wholesale to sell clothes was a wrench we were not expecting or consulted on…We're proud of her influence on fashion but find black veils on models, smoking cigarettes with a barbershop quartet singing her music in bad taste."

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Mitch said the looks in Gaultier's show portrayed "a view of Amy when she was not at her best, and [glamorized] some of the more upsetting times in her life." (She battled drug and alcohol addiction throughout her career.)

Kelly Osbourne, a close friend of the "Rehab" songstress, agreed. "Although @JPGaultier was paying homage to my friend & icon to the world, I found it to be lucratively selfish and distasteful," she tweeted. "Exploitation=evil."

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