The federal judge hearing the case of alleged plagiarism brought against Beyonce for her trailer for ‘Lemonade’ has thrown the entire case out.
Federal Judge Jed Rakoff summarily dismissed the case, although he gave no reason for the decision, saying he would explain it later.
The lawsuit was filed by an independent filmmaker, Matther Fulks, who claimed the high profile trailer totally ripped off his 2014 short film ‘Palinoia’.

Fulks believes several elements of the Lemonade trailer were jacked from Palinoia – including visual similarities like “graffiti and persons with heads down,” “red persons with eyes obscured,” “parking garage,” “black and white eyes,” “the grass scene,” “side-lit ominous figures,” and more.
He was seeking damages and a cut of all profits from Lemonade, but has had the case tossed out.