Just days after the Pussycat Dolls founder Robin Antin filed a lawsuit against Nicole Scherzinger, claiming she refused to participate in the group’s reunion tour, it's Scherzinger’s turn to speak. The “Right There” singer’s lawyer has fired back with an explosive statement.

In the lawsuit, Antin claims that Scherzinger is trying to renegotiate a 2019 agreement about their venture, Pussycat Dolls Worldwide, and their planned reunion tour. Antin further states that Scherzinger is threatening to pull out of the tour unless she gets 75% of the company and "complete creative control." They initially agreed on 49% percent.

In a statement obtained by PEOPLE from Scherzinger’s lawyer, Howard King, the attorney has called Antin's claims to be “ludicrous and false.”

Antin is demanding that the $600,000 invested in the tour be returned. However, King claims that those are Robin’s failings and Scherzinger is not responsible for the venture.

The statement says that Antin's claims "are a desperate attempt to divert blame for her own failures by trying to impose obligations on Nicole that simply do not exist."

The Pussycat Dolls’ reunion tour was first announced in 2020 but was later postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

King’s statement said that “Robin will fail in her efforts to trade on Nicole's hard-earned success to pull herself out of a deep financial hole she has created by her own poor business and professional decisions.”

“Prior to Nicole's involvement, trading on Nicole's name without her consent, Robin borrowed (and spent) $600,000 from Live Nation that she won't or can't repay," King explained.

"Nicole has invested her own funds in excess of $150,000 in support of a potential PCD reunion that has now been made impossible by Robin's actions (including the public release of the group members' confidential financial information),” said the statement.

“Nicole loves and respects the PCD fans and hopes to one day be back on stage performing the group's amazing hits for them. Sadly, this will not happen under these circumstances," King's statement concluded.

The Pussycat Dolls were founded by Antin in 1995 as a burlesque troop. By 2003, the group had transformed into a musical girl group featuring Scherzinger, Ashley Roberts, Jessica Sutta, Kimberly Wyatt, Carmit Bachar and Melody Thornton.

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Nicole Scherzinger has previously opened up about her struggle with an eating disorder. Here, she performs at The Weinstein Company's Pre-Oscar Dinner in Beverly Hills, California on Feb. 25, 2017. Rich Polk/Getty Images for The Weinstein Company
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