Jennifer Lopez

Jennifer Lopez recently was in new for suing by a television writer, who filed a lawsuit saying Jennifer Lopez and UPN stole his idea for a series based on his move from Brooklyn to Miami and involvement with modeling and nightclub scenes.

Jack Bunick's lawyer claims South Beach, a TV series executive-produced by Lopez that debuted January 11 on UPN, mirrors a script his client wrote in 1999 for a pilot episode of a show that would have been called South Beach Miami. Bunick's script was about 2 young men from Brooklyn who travel to South Beach, where one of them quickly gets involved with the club and modeling scenes, according to the federal suit.

A recurring theme in his script "is that the main character is from Brooklyn, New York, and that he is, in many ways, out of his element in South Beach, Miami," lawsuit said.

UPN's website says South Beach is about best friends Matt and Vincent, who "abandon their world as they know it and head to the alluring paradise of sandy beaches, beautiful people and hot spots in glamorous South Beach."


Bunick claims his agent spoke to UPN and sent a copy of his script to Lopez in February 2000 but he was never contacted by the network. He is seeking monetary damages.