It has recently emerged that arguably the world’s most famous rapper, Eminem, is set to return to court – a journey that he has made several times throughout the duration of his career – to answer allegations that he plagiarized the idea for an advert he starred in.

The accusations have arisen at a time when Eminem – real name Marshall Mathers – has seemingly set his life back on track after several years of substance abuse. The drugs, both prescription and recreational, had left him slumped and stewing in a cesspit of his own drunken and deeply regretted failings.

However, the most surprising (and somewhat far-fetched) element of this claim is its origins. The man filing the lawsuit, a Mr. Stephen Lee Pieck, is requesting compensation of $9 million. He claims to have been dining with Christina Aguilera and her ex-husband Jordan Bratman when Aguilera handed him her cell phone so that Pieck could relay his vision for the ‘Chrysler – Born of Fire’ car advertisement to Eminem. Pieck listed his address as ‘homeless’ when filing his lawsuit and said the following in the hand-written document:

I designed every aspect of the commercial and the commercial was stolen from me. In addition, I did not receive compensation in monetary terms for the work I did.

The advert in question aired for the first time during last year’s Super Bowl and uses Eminem as the face of its campaign.

The legitimacy of Pieck’s case is questionable, in my own personal opinion, for two reasons. Primarily, the likelihood of an invitation to dine with Christina Aguilera and her (then) husband seems slightly unusual if not entirely disillusioned to say the least.

Secondly, fans of the rapper will know of the ‘beef’ that had been exchanged between Eminem and Christina over claims on Em’s part that the pair had shared some form of affair — material which ultimately inspired some of the rapper’s most famous work. (Aguilera was, in fact, openly dissed in ‘The Real Slim Shady.’) When coupled with the absolute denial on Christina’s part, the exchange eventually culminated in a musical feud bountiful enough in broken hearts and moistened eyelashes that it could have easily rivaled even Shakespeare’s greatest love tragedy.

It is questionable whether the pair of love-drunk alter egos have even remained in contact, let alone engaged in premeditated plagiarism together — albeit supposedly unknowingly on Aguilera’s part. It is this then that leads me to the conclusion that the feasibility of Pieck’s claim is doubtful. And I rather presumptuously suggest that, once again, Eminem may escape court with little more than a telling-off, if anything at all.

What do you think? Is this a wild attempt to earn some quick bucks? Or is there some truth in the claim?

Thanks to AllHipHop for the details.