Ronnie Coleman Suing Golds Gym

[holyintellect]

Ronnie Coleman, who has been crowned Mr. Olympia (do they crown them??) eight times, is suing Gold's Gym for allegedly using his muscles to lure in members.

In a lawsuit filed today in L.A. County Superior Court, Coleman claims Gold's used a photo of him to advertise Gold's ... a photo that was plastered on posters.

Coleman is suing for misappropriation of image, invasion of privacy and unjust enrichment. He's seeking unspecified damages and an injunction putting the kibosh on the poster.

Courtesy of TMZ

holy

 

[Inarius]

He does have a legit reason for suing if he didn't give them the rights to use his image...
case closed... lol

 

[motive]

ya, by law it may seem right but come on.... dude, your a walking advertisement in bodybuilding.
anyways im sure it will settle out of court.

 

[Inarius]

I'd be afraid to be sued by ronnie... lol. If he came to my office and asked me to take a poster down... im pretty sure id be a little intimidated.

 

[holyintellect]

I cant wait to hear the real details to this...it surprises me that a company as big as Golds would be naive enough to make such a pea brained marketing goof....

holy

 

[Inarius]

Im looking for any more info on it now.
I wanna see the poster they used.

 

[shaddow]

I cant wait to hear the real details to this...it surprises me that a company as big as Golds would be naive enough to make such a pea brained marketing goof....

holy

Seriously. I can't see why they'd think they could get away with that? Doesn't make much sense... :think:

 

[Inarius]

Ronnie's gonna go gym to gym and rip all the posters down himself!

 

[ReaperX]

I'm sure there's more to it than just this. This is a very basic breach in intellectual property.

 

[motive]

does anyone know if he has an actual gym sponsor? he may be binded to another gym and that stemed all this

 

[Inarius]

I thought he lifted in his own gym... All the vids are shot in the same place that I have seem... and no one else is there lifting. so I thought he had his own private place to lift... idk tho

 

[motive]

I thought he lifted in his own gym... All the vids are shot in the same place that I have seem... and no one else is there lifting. so I thought he had his own private place to lift... idk tho

i know he use to lift at my gym back in the day. arlington texas but i havent seen him there in along while. however, branch pops in alot

 

[Inarius]

lol go track him down for us and find out!! Get some autographs while you're at it!! Have him make mine out to Inarius... lol

 

[motive]

lol go track him down for us and find out!! Get some autographs while you're at it!! Have him make mine out to Inarius... lol

i just called ron boy and he said... change your name and he will think about it

 

[Inarius]

lol. Ive thought about that. The name is pretty hard to pronounce and doesn't flow. something like motive or reaperx sticks with you... but Inarius is just a b*tch of a name. lol. No sense in changing it now though

 

[MentalTwitch]

waiting to hear more and....reason is....

No more mr O shows!!! He needs the money!

 

[Inarius]

I figured as much... being a cop doesnt pay much but idk if he still gets money from sponsors for being retired...

 

[motive]

judging by the multiple luxury cars and the fact that hes no longer a cop... i think hes doing just fine

 

[Mass_69]

i know he use to lift at my gym back in the day. arlington texas but i havent seen him there in along while. however, branch pops in alot

MetroFlex baby! I think Johnny J. pops in too.

 

[motive]

MetroFlex baby! I think Johnny J. pops in too.

ya! i love that gym! alot of big names drop in

 

[Zero V]

Why be intimidated? .45 makes even 300 pounds of solid muscle nothing more than a pile of protein.

 

[Mass_69]

Why be intimidated? .45 makes even 300 pounds of solid muscle nothing more than a pile of protein.

Hey, don't forget, you can be Neg-Repped now...

 

[MentalTwitch]

Ronnie has 4 kids form different moms i think, child support. Price of all that GH,Slin,AAS is gotta be ridiculous, Huge house, multiple cars and motorcycles, FOOD!, Going out(yea even though they are pro they prolly do) Electronics, BILLS! etc etc.....

Hes got money prolly but not a whole lot like youd think.

 

[ReaperX]

I hope Ronnie saved a lot of his money while he was 'on top' (no homo).


From the videos I've seen, he looks like he lives pretty lavishly and now that he's retired, he needs some other avenue to pay for everything he has and police work isn't going to cut it.


I agree with Twitch, I'm sure he has money, but not as much as you'd probably think.

 

[dsade]

I'd like to sue gold's for getting us to sign a contract, then selling out by changing the name to Urbane Active and marketing it to suburban wanna be hip hop douche-punks, making the gym impossible to use.

 

[hardknock]

I hope Ronnie saved a lot of his money while he was 'on top' (no homo).


From the videos I've seen, he looks like he lives pretty lavishly and now that he's retired, he needs some other avenue to pay for everything he has and police work isn't going to cut it.


I agree with Twitch, I'm sure he has money, but not as much as you'd probably think.

On all of the vids I seen him in, they house wasnt that "lavish". Sure it was a nice house, but not anything expensive looking as cutler's crib. I think it may be a basic nice house (300,000 or 4) maybe. So, that should be well paid off by now ... Also, I've seen him with a couple of cars (on the vids) hummer, 754 bmw, and a mag, I think? But, those aren't 200,000 cars, so I would hope they would be paid off by now ...

 

[Inarius]

yeah but he also gets money from sponsors and selling his dvds...

 

[Jayhawkk]

I think several of those cars were trophy wins. So he should of only owed taxes on them.

 

[Rodja]

I think several of those cars were trophy wins. So he should of only owed taxes on them.

I was about to point that out. Wasn't his BSN deal rumored to be around 7 digits? He has his degree in accounting, so I assume he didn't just blow all of his money.

 

[Jayhawkk]

I think I remember an interview with him talking about how Haney discussed keeping his finances in order.