Aaron Carter accused of stealing lion artwork — again

Aaron Carter has been accused of stealing artwork to promote his own merchandise, an accusation the “Marriage Bootcamp” alum has been hit with before.

Jonas Jödicke, a digital artist from Berlin, tweeted the “Hard to Love” singer Friday after realizing he used an image of two lions that the artist created in a tweet, linking to his own merch page, which sells branded products from Carter.

“Hey @aaroncarter,” tweeted Jödicke. “You are using my artwork to promote your merchandise. I have not given you permission to do so. My art is being commercially exploited by people on a daily basis. We artists have rights, too!”

Instead of chalking it up to an honest mistake and removing the image, Carter doubled-down, telling the creative that — to his knowledge — the image is public domain, using some choice words while attempting to get his point across.

“You should’ve taken it as a compliment, d–k,” responded Carter. “A fan of MINE sent this to me. oh here they go again, the answer is No this image has been made public and im using it to promote my clothing line. guess I’ll see you in small claims court F–KERY.”

Carter’s reaction shocked many online, as the art community has rallied around Jödicke, who shared that other celebs have taken advantage of his work in the past as well.

“I‘ve had Madonna use my art in the past, photoshopping her face into one of my paintings,” he shared. “I am so fed up with people taking my hard work for their own purposes without even asking. I also found my art being sold at a market in Thailand, when I was there on vacation. It‘s crazy..”

He went on, “Celebs like @aaroncarter should set an example, especially since he’s also from a creative background and knows copyright laws. If they can take art and do whatever with it, anyone can and will do it. If they’re not held responsible, people won’t stop treating artists like crap.”

Carter was previously accused of stealing artwork — also an artistic take on a lion — in September 2019, that time deleting the photo and releasing the following statement: “I’m pulling the lion image I was accused of stealing this and bullied and I’m throwing it in the trash and suing everyone coming [at] me for clout I’m going to render a new one for myself.”

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