Raygun addresses backlash over $10,000 legal demand over Stephanie Broadbridge’s comedy musical

Olympic breakdancer Rachael ‘Raygun’ Gunn has taken to social media to clear the air over her ugly legal spat with comedian Stephanie Broadbridge — and the demand that a venue caught up in the fracas cough up $10,000.

Gunn, who has trademarked her name and her now-famous kangaroo silhouette pose, had called in the lawyers to shut down Broadbridge’s plan to stage a musical homage to the viral breakdance sensation.

Raygun: The Musical was cancelled just hours before it was scheduled to be performed in Sydney earlier this month amid the legal threats.

That triggered online backlash that only grew when it was revealed the comedy club involved was hit with a legal letter from Raygun’s team demanding $10,000 to cover the Olympian’s costs.

“Hi everyone, it’s been a big couple of weeks,” Gunn said in a video post on Instagram.

“I’m not going to lie, it’s been a wild ride but I’m really pleased to say we’ve resolved everything.

“My team’s been working with Steph’s team, and we’ve managed to come to an agreement and resolved everything.

“She still gets to go ahead with the musical, she’s got a new name, new poster, and she still gets to take that show on the road. So I’m really happy for her and I wish her all the best with the show and with the tour.

“We have not sought any costs from all this. So there’s a lot of talk around this $10,000 ... that was from really early on, like day one, my lawyers were acting on my behalf.

“They sent out letters, and you know, they asked for a response ... by a certain time, they didn’t hear a response. And you know, we were worried that we might have to go to court.

“Obviously, no one wants that, and so the $10k ... would just be my potential legal costs if we had to go to court. But fortunately, we didn’t.

“We’re not seeking any costs, I’ve said before it’s not about the money, and it is still not about the money. We’ve got no costs from them, not from Steph, not from the comedy club.

“In our view, it’s all resolved. It’s not going to be any more legal proceedings from us. It’s an intellectual property issue, and now we have put it to bed.”

Gunn also apologised for any harm caused and thanked her supporters.

“This has been a stressful time for me, and it’s been tough for me, but I know that I’m not the only one,” she continued.

“I know that this has been tough for Steph, for you know everyone in her show, and a lot of other people, and it’s never been my intention to cause any hurt or distress.

“This is a totally new environment for me to be in and I just want to say, I am sorry for any hurt that was caused. I am certainly not doing that intentionally.”

In her own statement on Thursday, Broadbridge apologised to Gunn for the “negative backlash” she had received in the wake of the cancellation of the show, saying she never intended to cause “hurt or distress”.

“It was never my intention to mislead people into thinking that she was involved in the production,” Broadbridge wrote.

“She is not and continues to not be attached to this project in any way.

“I have changed the name of the show and the silhouette and will not use her name or the silhouette ever again.

“I am deeply sorry to learn that Raygun has faced negative backlash as a result of the media attention around the cancellation of the preview for the musical. The last thing I wanted was for anyone to experience hate or distress from this situation.”

Broadbridge is now set to stage a new show, spruiked as “A completely legal parody musical”, with the tongue-in-cheek claim that it is ‘Ranked No.1 Musical By The World Musical Sports Federation”.

The show lists dates for the Adelaide Fringe Festival, starting February 28, as well as shows in Melbourne in April and Sydney in May.