A Suit for Sevin Nyne

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Lindsay Lohan's Sevin Nyne tanning spray seems to have been the one bright spot in her career this year—but a Florida scientist is claiming it might all be a sham. According to Bella Sugar, "chemist Jennifer Sunday claims that Lindsay and her business partner, Lorit Simon, stole the formula for Sevin Nyne...According to the suit, Simon and Sunday had been hammering out details of the tanning spray, but weren't able to agree on pricing." Oh Lindsay...did you learn nothing from Kate Hudson's shampoo debacle? [Bella Sugar, Previously]