The U.S. Copyright Office has dealt actor Alfonso Ribeiro a fresh blow in his lawsuits against two videogame makers’ use of his famous “Carlton Dance” from the TV show “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.”
Ribeiro, who played a preppy foil to Will Smith’s streetwise joker on the show, says he created the dance for the series. His request to copyright the “Carlton” also included video of his performance of the move on “Dancing with the Stars.”
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