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Showtime Networks, BBC, and the producers of a Whitney Houston documentary entitled 'Can I Be Me?' have been hauled into court by the late singer's ex-husband Bobby Brown and the estate of daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown.

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00:00Bobby Brown is suing Showtime Network's BBC and the producers of a Whitney Houston

00:04documentary entitled Can I Be Me? In a complaint filed on Wednesday in New York

00:08federal court, the Brown family, including the estate of the late Bobby Christina

00:12Brown, is seeking $2 million for their inclusion in the film. According to the

00:16complaint, the film contains footage that Brown and BKB has never consented to have

00:20released. Brown and BKB appear in the film for a substantial period of time in excess

00:25of 30 minutes. The footage was actually recorded prior to the divorce in 2007 between

00:30Brown and Houston. Brown never signed or executed a release for the airing of the

00:34material that appears in the film. The footage of Brown is approximately 15 years old.

00:38Brown claims that the film amounts to a misappropriation of publicity rights as well

00:42as a violation of the Lanham Act, also known as the Trademark Act. The complaint also

00:47alleges that the filmmakers unsuccessfully attempted to secure an interview with

00:50Brown and that the use of his name, persona and likeness were utilized by producers in

00:55marketing and promotion of the film without his consent. The complaint seeks a permanent

00:59injunction on top of monetary damages. Additionally, Brown is pursuing a separate

01:03breach of contract claim against B2 Entertainment, a dissolved company that had a deal

01:08with Brown's company for the Bravo reality series Being Bobby Brown. According to the

01:12complaint, B2 agreed not to use any materials associated with Brown's family, friends

01:17or employers without his consent in TV or film projects. However, the producers of

01:21Can I Be Me are said to have procured Being Bobby Brown footage for their own use in their documentary.

01:26Houston died of a drug overdose in 2012 and her daughter with Brown, Bobby Christina, passed away

01:31three years later at the age of 22. They are survived by R&B singer Brown, who now seeks to control

01:36exploitation of his name. Showtime did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

01:41To read more on the story, head to THR.com. For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Lyndsey Rodrigues.

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