NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Naturi Naughton, a former member of the platinum-selling
teen group 3LW, claims in a lawsuit that she was forced out of the R&B trio
because she was not "ghetto enough."

Naughton, 18, says she was ousted from the group, whose hits include "Playas
Gon Play" and "No More," in August.

In a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Newark, the East Orange resident
charged that the "purported" manager of the group, Michelle Williams, said
Naughton "did not present the appropriate `project girl image,'" and berated
her as "Ms. Two Parent Household."

The lawsuit was filed Friday. It names group members Kiely Williams, 16, of
Annandale, and Adrienne Bailon, 18, of New York.

Also sued was Williams, who is Kiely's sister; another sister, Tse Williams,
owner of Nine Lives Entertainment of Newark; Big Cat Management of New York;
and Sony Music.

Messages seeking comment from a group publicist and Big Cat Management were not
immediately returned Tuesday. No listing could be found for Nine Lives
Entertainment. Sony had no immediate comment.

The lawsuit seeks an order terminating Naughton's contract with Nine Lives and
Sony and compensation for loss of income from the conduct of the defendants.

Formed in 1999, 3LW — for three little women — has sold over 1 million
copies of their self-titled debut album.

The group's new album, "A Girl Can Mack," is scheduled for release Oct. 22.

3LW Web site: http://www.3lw.com/

She was my favourite of the little women! I watch their videos on internet! I miss her already.

Shouldn't they be calling themselves 2LW now?

Shit! ghetto is a damn corporate term now 3LW is about as
ghetto as a new Starbucks

JAMIESTARR said:

:LOL::LOL::LOL: '
i just bought there new album, and I did notice in the credits (yes I read them!), that the vocals on almost all the songs were credited to Adrienne and Kiely...go figure!

Someone called them the " 3 light skinneded" women and according to my 11 year daughter, the skin color thing had some thing to do with it. ahhh to be a pre-teen again...NOT!!!