S Club 7 Face £800,000 Lawsuit

S Club 7 could face an £800,000 lawsuit for abandoning their squeaky clean image. Merchandising company PMS International claims to have lost the huge sum after Bradley, Paul and Jon were caught smoking marijuana.

The company, who had planned to use the band’s clean-cut faces on everything from lunch boxes to toothpaste, say all of their contracts were cancelled after the drugs bust last March.

A lawyer representing the firm said: “They paid a license fee to use the band’s image and they were going to put them on to children’s products.

“They estimate they lost around £800,000 and essentially we are saying they are in breach of contract. They didn’t uphold the squeaky-clean, sweet and innocent image they had been projecting. We’ve sent them a letter and if our demands are not met we will issue proceedings in about six weeks.”

A source close to the band told reporters: “The claim is absolute rubbish and if they do issue proceeding they will be vigorously defended.”

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Posted: February 14th, 2002