Mo’Nique suing CBS and Paramount over ‘unpaid royalties’ from ‘The Parkers’
Mo’Nique is suing CBS and Paramount to seek alleged unpaid royalties from her ‘Moesha’ spinoff ‘The Parkers’. The 55-year-old comic and actress, who starred as Nicole ‘Nikki’ Parker on the show, which aired for five seasons from August 1999 to May 2004 on UPN, alleges in a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court alleges the defendants “artificially depressed” the show’s profits to “retain millions that would otherwise be contractually due” to the star and its writers. Documents obtained by Page Six said: “While the series has proven to be a major financial success for its producers and dis...