Nora Roberts is suing Cristiane Serruya for copyright infringement after allegations that the Brazilian author has plagiarized Roberts' work on multiple occasions.
As previously reported by The Inquisitr, Serruya has been accused of plagiarizing multiple authors recently by Courtney Milan after a fan noticed similarities between the two authors. Milan, who has also worked in the legal profession, immediately investigated. As a result of this, it was discovered that there appeared to be instances of plagiarism by Serruya from many other authors. Serruya, at the time, claimed the copyright offenses occurred as a result of a ghostwriter she had hired.
Now, according to the Associated Press, Nora Roberts has moved forward with a lawsuit against Serruya. The papers were filed Wednesday morning in Rio de Janeiro, where Serruya lives. If Roberts is successful in her lawsuit, under Brazilian law, she could be entitled to up to "3,000 times the value of the highest sale price for any Serruya work mentioned in the lawsuit."
Roberts has claimed that Serruya's work is a "literary patchwork, piecing together phrases whose form portrays emotions practically identical to those expressed in the plaintiff's books."
"If you plagiarize, I will come for you," Roberts told The Associated Press.
"If you take my work, you will pay for it and I will do my best to see you don't write again."
