Todd White, the former SpongeBob SquarePants lead designer whose wacky observational stylings have made him a favorite among celebrities, has gotten into a quirky legal situation. The artist is now the defendant in a $5 million class action lawsuit that claims he deceived thousands of art buyers into buying reproductions of his art. White is said to have acknowledged he was selling reproductions but the class action asserts there's a difference between an authentic and an inauthentic copy of an original. White got his start working at Warner Bros. on the animated series Tiny Toons. Later, he was lead character
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- 2/23/2012
- by Eriq Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Todd White -- a former lead artist for " SpongeBob SquarePants " -- claims a gallery owner made a fortune by copying his precious works ... and now White says he has hard proof of the rip-off. White filed a federal lawsuit against Margaret Howell last week accusing her of making "dozens of unauthorized copies" -- and selling them for, potentially, hundreds of thousands of dollars. White's legal team provided the images below -- which they claim shows...
- 8/31/2011
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
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