Publisher Simon & Schuster Suing Foxy Brown And Lil' Kim

New York, NY (CNS) - New York publisher Simon & Schuster, Inc., is suing Foxy Brown and Lil' Kim, saying they were paid advances for books they never delivered.

According to the Associated Press, the publisher has said that Brown was paid $75,000 in 2005 to deliver an autobiography called "Broken Silence" by February 2006. Lil' Kim was paid $40,000 in 2003 for a novel due June 2004.

The publisher wants its money back through the two lawsuits filed Thursday.

After signing the book deals, both women were imprisoned for several months. Lil' Kim went to prison in 2005 for lying about a shooting, and Brown in 2007 for violating probation arising from a fight with two manicurists.