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Issa Rae is facing a plagiarism lawsuit from three Los Angeles screenwriters over her hit movie, One of Them Days .

On Wednesday (July 30), screenwriters Tyrone Perry , Shon Oku , and Joshua Isaacson filed a lawsuit against Rae’s production company, ColorCreative, Sony Pictures, TriStar, and screenwriter Syreeta Singleton , accusing them of copying One of Them Days from a script they wrote in 2020, per Complex .

The lawsuit alleges that the film, starring Keke Palmer and SZA , is strikingly similar to their original screenplay titled One of Those Days . The trio cited 29 specific similarities in character arcs, plot structure, and tone.

According to the lawsuit, the screenwriters’ script was initially shared outside of their group in 2023, when they pa

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