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" Mary J Blige&amp;#039;s charity organization has publicly responded to the $250k lawsuit being launched against it by TD Bank.  The &amp;#039;No More Drama&amp;#039; singer&amp;#039;s Steve Stoute Foundation for the Advancement of Women Now was sued in May for failing to pay back a $250,000 (\u00C2\u00A3162,000) loan.   According to court documents, Blige&amp;#039;s foundation was to pay the loan back by December 2011. However, when the time came, the organization made only a $368 (\u00C2\u00A3235) payment. TMZ reports that organisers at the foundation have fired back at the suit, claiming that bank bosses should not have given the struggling organization a loan to begin with.  They also say that the woman who signed for the loan was unauthorised to do so, and therefore the case should be thrown out.  A representative for Blige earlier stated that her foundation is &amp;quot;presently transitioning its management and headquarters&amp;quot;. They added: &amp;quot;We remain committed to our mandate of helping women gain the confidence and skills necessary to reach their full individual potential.&amp;quot; Despite her legal woes, Blige recently celebrated the release of her new movie Rock of Ages, which also stars Tom Cruise and Alec Baldwin.  Watch Mary J Blige discuss her character in Rock of Ages below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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