Eminem has accused “Real Housewives of Potomac” star Gisele Bryant and show alum Robyn Dixon of harassment as the trio’s trademark battle continues.
Last month, Bryant and Dixon, co-hosts of the “Reasonable Shady” podcast, filed documents explaining that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, which is overseeing the case, ordered the “Real Slim Shady” rapper to be fired.
Page Six obtained the documents on Wednesday, but Us Weekly first reported them.
According to Bryant and Dixon, Eminem (real name Marshall Bruce Mathers III) had “extreme difficulty” scheduling a deposition.
An agreement was finally reached on Oct. 29, but when Bryant and Dixon proposed an 11 a.m. ET start time, Mathers, 53, said he would not be available until 2 p.m. ET.
“It will be very difficult to get[him]to take the time to take a deposition. We encourage you to take advantage of the opportunity to get him,” the musician’s attorney confirmed in an email to the woman’s attorney.
Mr. Mathers’ lawyers also argued that it was “mandatory for[the removals]to take more than two hours,” given that the lawyers removed both Mr. Bryant and Mr. Dixon in “less than two hours total.”
The attorney added, “If for any reason we are unable to complete the deposition within two hours, we will remain as late as necessary.”
Bryant, 55, and Dixon, 46, objected to the 2 p.m. start time, sarcastically calling it “unreasonable” given “the seven-hour day limit imposed by (Mathers) and the normal business hours of (Mathers) attorneys and deposition vendors.”
Bryant and Dixon also accused the Grammy winner of implying that “we should be grateful that[he]would fire him when it suits him,” and argued that “the take-it-or-leave-it approach shows a lack of good faith.”
Earlier this month, Mathers responded by arguing that the women’s “refusal to cooperate” and “insistence on filing motions beyond the three-hour difference in start times” proves that their “deposition pursuits are intended to harass.”
Bryant and Dixon, who met on “RHOP” and remain good friends, launched their podcast in May 2021 and filed a trademark application for “Reasonably Shady” in February of the following year.
The filings were for podcasts, entertainment services, and a variety of products, including apparel, cosmetics, and household products.
Ms Mathers opposed the application in February 2023, arguing that the women’s trademark would “detract” from her brand.
He claimed that “Reasonable Shady” would “cause confusion” among consumers who had known him since the 1990s by his nicknames “Slim Shady” and “Shady.” It also owns the “Shady” trademark for merchandise.
The following month, Bryant and Dixon’s attorneys told Page Six that “Robin Dixon and Gisele Bryant deny any possibility of confusion between the Mathers trademarks and any reasonably dubious marks. We stand ready to defend any claims regarding their intellectual property.”
