b simone caught copy and pasting a book and then selling it.
There is nothing wrong with trying to be an entrepreneur. There is nothing wrong with being inspired by existing ideas and flipping them into original ideas for profit.
The key word is ORIGINAL. Unfortunately for social media influencer B. Simone someone found out that the book that supposedly made her over a million dollars was no more that scrapbook of 'borrowed' ideas.
The Wild'n'Out star was already in trouble because of her comments concering BLM protests and the murders that caused them. On Twitter she told them to seek God instead of seeking justice and almost everybody called her out on it. She didn't back down and even challenged her 'haters' to cancel her saying that they couldn't do it.
One should know better that to challenge Twitter with a statement like that. Over the weekend her book was compared to similar books via Turnitin.com and she copied designs and pages word for word. The original creators confirmed with side by side comparisons that entire pages and even sections were plagurized,
Y’all paid $36 for something y’all could’ve got off of Pinterest #BSimone pic.twitter.com/Y1ZDQ6kSWI
— _DaBrattt_ (@0nlykareonaaa) June 14, 2020
Where B. Simone messed up is she KEPT talking and KEPT putting down the people who helped her get to where she is. At least Desi had the mind to shut up and try to continue with “business as usual” with his videos.
— Tayyyy 😊🥰 (@TayyMichelle36) June 14, 2020
B. Simone obviously didn’t go to school like most of us 9-5’ers.... otherwise she would’ve known you add a couple however’s and although’s plus delete a couple of thangs 🙃 pic.twitter.com/4ABs1fZXno
— Diana Armstrong 💍 (@KinggNella) June 14, 2020
So B. Simone’s manager trying to blame the “design agency” for using plagiarized content and they’re in the midst of a “lawsuit” with them but miss ma’am...you’re the owner of said design agency....😒🤔 pic.twitter.com/UthwcZllN0
— i said what i said. (@thealeshabrown) June 14, 2020
B Simone would’ve gotten away with it too if it wasn’t for them meddling 9-5 workers 😭😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/xIXGnvLcGK
— The Spike Lee of D.C. (@_MCKENTON_) June 14, 2020
Meek: I’m tired of y’all canceling blacks
— Aryelle Owens (@_Arxelle_) June 14, 2020
Black twitter: #BSimone pic.twitter.com/ui1gpqAyte
Sitting here working on my book unfortunately I cannot plagiarize this like bsimone for a milly cuz my luck don’t work like that ! So I gotta sit here pic.twitter.com/oHWRo2wEPb
— KaePrestige (@KaePrestige) June 14, 2020
Would love for @TheBSimone to STOP taking small content creators’ hardwork and selling it as her own!!!
— Ell // BossGirlBloggers (@BGbloggers) June 13, 2020
Disgusting. This is not entrepreneurship. This is PLAGIARIZING. pic.twitter.com/CCSQ88A85e
UPDATE: Here is a response from B. Simone herself about the allegations:
NEW: #BSimone says she’s taking “full accountability” after allegations that she plagiarized her recent book.
— Anna-Lysa Gayle (@AnnaLysaGayle) June 15, 2020
“We’re stopping all sales until this matter is black & white.” pic.twitter.com/vdsKmB4sb7