ARTIST HANNAH LYNN FILES AMENDED CROSS COMPLAINT

On March 17, 2025, the Colt Legal Group, on behalf of its client Hannah Lynn, filed a First Amended Cross Complaint in Los Angeles Superior Court against Diamond Art Club LLC (“DAC”), Case No. 24STCV19895.

DISCOVERY OF DAC’S ALLEGEDLY

FRAUDULENT ARTIST PAYMENT SCHEME

The Cross Complaint details an alarming and previously-unknown DAC payment scheme. Rather than paying an agreed-upon 15% royalty on DAC’s actual sales to customers, Ms. Lynn alleges that DAC instead calculated the royalty based on the wholesale cost paid for kits from a factory DAC claims to own in China. The shortfall is dramatic; Ms. Lynn alleges that DAC collected more than $1.5 million from sales of kits featuring her artwork, yet paid out only $46,500 in earned royalties—a shortfall of more than $170,000.

This discovery of what Ms. Lynn alleges to be a fraudulent payment scheme has major ramifications not only for her case, but likely for a large number of similarly-situated artists throughout the nation who licensed their works to DAC under the same general contract. Ms. Lynn expects to uncover comprehensive financial information from DAC during discovery in this litigation, further detailing the true scope and impact of DAC’s pricing scheme on any artist who licensed works to DAC under the same general terms.

DAC’S CEO ALEXANDRE PERRIER ADDED AS INDIVIDUAL

DEFENDANT AFTER DISCOVERY OF UNREVEALED ALIASES;

NEW CAUSE OF ACTION FOR DEFAMATION

In addition to these newly-discovered claims, the Cross Complaint also adds DAC’s CEO Alexandre Perrier, a/k/a Mohamed Mekni, etc., as a separately-named defendant. Investigation revealed Mr. Perrier’s aliases were involved in extensive previous litigation which reveal a pattern of vicious personal attacks against other parties by defaming them and their businesses online in retaliation over personal vendettas.

Ms. Lynn also adds a new cause of action for Defamation against both DAC and Mr. Perrier. By falsely claiming and perpetuating publicly that Ms. Lynn has unethically and illegally infringed on DAC’s non-existent rights of the Renderings (which belong solely to her), they irreparably harmed Ms. Lynn’s reputation as an upstanding artist in the licensing and diamond painting communities. The impact of these allegations is severe and demonstrable; a number of smaller diamond painting licensees already erroneously republished these false allegations, damaging Ms. Lynn’s decades-long reputation.

CONTINUED LITIGATION COSTS

AND GRATITUDE FOR SUPPORT

Although her litigation costs have long exceeded the amount in royalties DAC paid her during their contract, Ms. Lynn continues to fight this using her already limited resources as a sole proprietor Artist. Ms. Lynn once again extends her gratitude to those who donated to her cause through GoFundMe (currently paused), those who supported her through the purchase of her artwork, and to those who have and continue to speak in defense of her good name.

All records in this litigation, Diamond Art Club, LLC v. Hannah Lynn, Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 24STCV19895, are publicly available, including the detailed Cross Complaint.