TMZ reports that a lawsuit against Lee Daniels over his show Empire has been dismissed in a federal court. A man named Jon Astor-White claimed that he had a show idea called “King Solomon”, which was stolen for the breakout FOX hit.

Astor-White’s show was about a black man who was Harvard educated and decided to start a record label. He claimed that he shopped it in Hollywood to several big names. The problem is that none of the names he mentioned were connected to Empire and he hadn’t contacted any of the showrunners. The judge also revealed that Astor-White’s show had no Cookie character and his version of “Lucious” was not terminally ill. The judge also took offense to Astor-White claiming that his lead character’s daughter was similar to Lucious’ gay son Jamal because “both [are] associated with the feminine gender.”

The judge said: “The court rejects this outdated and offensive stereotype.“