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Joan Jett Tries to Rock Block Jackie Fox

Posted Aug 23rd 2009 6:30AM by TMZ Staff

Joan Jett just fired off a lawsuit against former Runaways band member Jackie Fox saying she's ticked Fox is trying to cash in on the band's name, a trademark Jett says she owns herself.



In the suit -- which reads like a "Behind the Music" of the rockin' 70s girl group -- Jett alleges her former bassist has "threatened" her business partners, claiming she also has the right to be paid for the use of the Runaways trademarks.

Jett says Fox has also been a nuisance with the production of the band's biopic, starring Kristen Stewart, saying Jackie has tried to halt filming until she sees/approves a script. According to Joan, there is no character based on Jackie in the movie.

Joan is seeking damages suffered from Fox's alleged meddling and a declaration from the court saying Fox has no right to the band name or any money made from it.

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Tags: Jackie Fox, JackieFox, Jacqueline Fuchs, JacquelineFuchs, Joan Jett, JoanJett, lawsuit, the runaways, TheRunaways

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1. Joan looks like Chynna in that pic.

Posted at 2:00AM on Aug 23rd 2009 by betty

2. k-stew looks A LOT more like Fox than Jett!

Posted at 2:11AM on Aug 23rd 2009 by gia

3. The blonde next to Jett is Cherie Curry, fools!

Posted at 2:18AM on Aug 23rd 2009 by mimi

4. Isn't that Cherie Currie's picture on the right? Not Jackie.

Posted at 2:15AM on Aug 23rd 2009 by girlie

5. Umm, that's not Jackie in the pic- It's Cherie Currie.
Nice-Can't wait to see if Joan tries to sue Lita Ford out of her share of the band name.
And Jackie DOES have a right to be paid from the use of the band name.

Posted at 2:24AM on Aug 23rd 2009 by Runaways Neon

6. The picture of "Jackie" is actually a picture of Cherie. Jackie is the one in the white shirt that you can sort of see behind Joan's head in her picture.

Posted at 2:18AM on Aug 23rd 2009 by M

7. That's Cherie Currie on the right...not Jackie. Just FYI

Posted at 2:24AM on Aug 23rd 2009 by girlie

8. JACKIE FOX IS NOW AN ATTORNEY
IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. SHE
PROBABLY KNOWS MORE ABOUT THE
LAW THAN JOAN JETT.

Posted at 2:49AM on Aug 23rd 2009 by Jane Doe

9. That's Cherie Curry with Joan Jett, Come on it's easy to google the right photo.

Posted at 3:23AM on Aug 23rd 2009 by Jeff

10. That's right, Jackie Fox IS an attorney, a HARVARD educated attorney.
And while it's only my opinion, I think Joan is only 1/5th of the Runaways equation. The Runaways became less than what they were when Cherie left, and again, they became less when Jackie left & was replaced by Vickie Blue. To call this movie a story about the Runaways & have a fabricated bass player, "Robin" is to spit in the face of the fans AND Jackie. Joan should reconsider.

Posted at 3:37AM on Aug 23rd 2009 by Ace Steele

11. come on tmz get your pics right! joan and cherie are most likely laughing at you right now! THEY'RE ALL GONNA LAUGH AT YOU!!

Posted at 3:56AM on Aug 23rd 2009 by golly_dolly04

12. What a stupid mistake- TMZ, you keep dropping the ball. Very bad.

Posted at 6:23AM on Aug 23rd 2009 by KM

13. http://www.poptower.com/images/db/2496/420/300/khloe-kardashian.jpg

joan jet looks just like khloe kardashian

Posted at 8:10AM on Aug 23rd 2009 by kar

14. mix it up Ms Jett, everything about you and the company you keep is good. kudos to any and all in the past and today that gets it.
I have to shut up and rock now.

Posted at 9:08AM on Aug 23rd 2009 by black heart

15. Well if they told the true story and used the real characters since they were real people then this would be a TRUE RUNAWAYS movie. Selfishness and very sad. The girls should have learned that fighten and telling lies is what got them to break up in the first place (along with egos). Jackie Fox was and will be part of the Runaways... she (along with Vicki Blue) also played a major part of history. When we went to see the Runaways we went to see an all girls band and the bass player (whoever she was at the time) was part of the group. It's like telling a story about your family and forgetting you had a sister or brother. If Jett want's to tell a different story then it's not a true Runaways movie.... and yes that is Cherie and not Jackie in this pix... they can't even get that right!

Posted at 9:31AM on Aug 23rd 2009 by mark martinez

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