“Revlon asks the court to accept that tale as the only possible explanation for why Ms. Spears decided to reject Revlon in favor of GBB,” the company’s lawyers write. “Revlon’s motion is more accurately an anticompetitive ruse to damage a competitor because Revlon, weakened in the market by its recent bankruptcy, cannot compete fairly with GBB, and seeks to frustrate GBB’s transition of Britney Brands, at the same time, sending a warning about future competition from an international rival that poses a growing threat to Revlon’s market share.”

— From the latest filing in the lawsuit Revlon filed against Give Back Beauty over the Britney Spears account. Read more in Britney Spears Perfume Lawsuit: Rival Blasts Revlon Accusations as ‘Vindictive’ and ‘Anticompetitive’ at Billboard.

Revlon is suing several former employees over allegations that they “sabotaged” the company’s decades-old fragrance partnership with Britney Spears and took the business to a competitor.

In a case filed Monday (Aug. 26) in Manhattan federal court, attorneys for Revlon and subsidiary Elizabeth Arden claim that four ex-staffers stole trade secrets and breached their contracts when they jumped ship to upstart rival Give Back Beauty and took the Britney account with them.

— Read more in Revlon Claims Its Own Execs ‘Sabotaged’ Britney Spears Perfume Partnership In New Lawsuit at Billboard.