MaryLou,Inc.entered into a one-year,$1 million contract with Katy,a TV celebrity,to promote MaryLou's beauty products.Alberto Bergamino Co.,a competitor of MaryLou,was interested in having Katy promote its products and knew of her contract with MaryLou.Bergamino offered Katy a three-year,$5 million contract.She left MaryLou and signed with Bergamino.Which statement is correct?

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Alberto Bergamino is liable for tortuous interference with a contract because he knew of Katy's contract with MaryLou and intentionally induced her to breach it by offering her a better deal. MaryLou may have a claim against Katy for breach of contract, but she would not be liable for tortuous interference because she was the one who had a contract with MaryLou. Option A, tortuous interference with a contract, is incorrect because MaryLou cannot sue itself. Option D, tortuous interference with a prospective advantage, is also incorrect because MaryLou already had a contract with Katy, so it was not a prospective advantage.