Paula Patton to testify for estranged husband Robin Thicke in Blurred Lines Marvin Gaye family lawsuit

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By Paul Chavez

Witness list: Paula Patton, shown with estranged husband Robin Thicke in January 2014 in Beverly Hills, California, has been called to testify in his upcoming copyright infringement lawsuit
Witness list: Paula Patton, shown with estranged husband Robin Thicke in January 2014 in Beverly Hills, California, has been called to testify in his upcoming copyright infringement lawsuit
Paula Patton has been called by her estranged husband Robin Thicke to testify in the Blurred Lines copyright infringement case lodged against him by the family of Marvin Gaye.

Thicke, 37, was sued in 2013 by Gaye's family for allegedly stealing from the Gaye song Got To Give It up for the 2013 hit Blurred Lines that was co-created by Thicke and Pharrell Williams.

Patton, 39, was listed as a witness in the federal case headed to trial, according to a report on Wednesday by TMZ.


The couple split in February 2014 after nine years of marriage. They co-parent their four-year-old son Julian.

The lawsuit also contained allegations that Thicke's hit song Love After War improperly used Gaye's song After The Dance.

Patton was expected to testify about Love After War as she appeared in the music video with Thicke and allegedly co-wrote the song with him.

Family lawsuit: The family of the late singer Marvin Gaye, shown in 1981, sued Thicke over his hit 2013 song Blurred Lines
Family lawsuit: The family of the late singer Marvin Gaye, shown in 1981, sued Thicke over his hit 2013 song Blurred Lines

A U.S. federal judge in October denied a motion by Thicke and Williams to reject the copyright infringement claims.

U.S. District Judge John A. Kronstadt found there was a a good argument about whether signature phrases, hooks, bass lines, keyboard chords and vocal melodies in 
Blurred Lines and Got To Give It Up were the same.

A trial was scheduled to start on February 10 in Los Angeles.

Music video: Patton, shown earlier this month in Calabasas, California, appeared in the video for Thicke's contested song Love After War
Music video: Patton, shown earlier this month in Calabasas, California, appeared in the video for Thicke's contested song Love After War

Patton and Thicke have been working on building a solid relationship and celebrated Christmas Eve together at her Los Angeles home.

Thicke recently has been dating 20-year-old model April Love Geary and spent New Year's Eve with her in Las Vegas.

Patton split with Thicke amid allegations of infidelity and filed for divorce last October from the singer.

Hit song: Thicke is shown in the steamy video for Blurred Lines with model Emily Ratajkowski
Hit song: Thicke is shown in the steamy video for Blurred Lines with model Emily Ratajkowski

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