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Add the andPOP Facebook Application(andPOP) - Uma Thurman may soon be returning to court.
The Hollywood star is in the beginning stages of what appears to be a legal battle with French based cosmetics company Lancôme.
The star is accusing the company of using her image to promote their products on Asian websites and on a Canadian billboard long after her contract with the company expired.
Thurman signed a multimillion dollar deal with the company in 2000. The contract expired in 2005
Lancôme has filed suit in Manhattan Supreme Court to prevent Thurman from suing them.
The suit is asking that a court settle the issue by declaring that Lancôme did not violate Thurman’s contract and that she is not entitled to any money.
Thurman’s lawyer, Bertram Fields said, “Obviously, the French have decided they won't even try to resolve this amicably, so they have filed this sneak attack.”
Lancôme claims that it did not use Thurman’s image “knowingly or intentionally” and that the web pages were “inadvertently archived” and were not meant to be made public.
Peter Raymond, a lawyer for Lancôme, said that Lancôme is “always amenable to settling.”
