Nicki Minaj Deserted By Longtime Lawyer In $10M Authorized Battle
Nicki Minaj finds herself with out authorized counsel after her longtime legal professional, Judd Burstein, all of the sudden terminated their skilled relationship throughout a contentious $10 million defamation case.
The 42-year-old rapper now scrambles to safe new illustration as fan Tameer Peak pursues substantial damages over alleged public humiliation.
The Northstar Group is owned by Londell McMillian, who has represented artists reminiscent of Prince, Stevie Marvel and Michael Jackson.
Reps for the corporate knowledgeable the court docket that Burstein had “abruptly withdrawn completely” from representing the Hip-Hop famous person with out advance discover.
The surprising departure leaves Minaj susceptible in Peak’s lawsuit, which claims she made defamatory statements throughout a Stationhead broadcast in April 2024.
Peak alleges Nicki Minaj known as him “one sandwich in need of a picnic” and advised he “clearly will get a examine from the federal government,” statements he characterizes as false accusations of prison conduct, stalking and psychological incapacity.
The fan, who beforehand promoted Minaj’s work on social media, initially filed swimsuit in New Jersey earlier than refiling in New York after the case was dismissed.
Burstein, who efficiently defended Minaj within the unique New Jersey submitting, declined to proceed illustration within the New York proceedings.
“After I received a dismissal of Tameer Peak’s defamation lawsuit in opposition to Nicki in New Jersey, I declined the chance to symbolize her when Peak refiled it in New York,” Burstein advised Us Weekly.
He emphasised his determination was “unrelated to any concern concerning the deserves of Peak’s claims” and maintained the criticism is “completely frivolous.”
Burstein’s web site highlights his profitable illustration of Minaj in two earlier circumstances, together with a $20 million lawsuit that was dismissed in 2022 and a 2024 defamation case that resulted in a gag order in opposition to a blogger.
His departure removes an skilled advocate conversant in Minaj’s authorized technique and case historical past. The authorized setback compounds mounting monetary pressures going through the “Tremendous Bass” artist.
Nicki Minaj concurrently battles efforts to grab her $20 million Hidden Hills mansion over a separate $500,000 judgment.
Thomas Weidenmuller, who claims assault by Minaj’s husband, Kenneth Petty, throughout a 2019 incident, obtained a default judgment and filed court docket paperwork searching for authorization to promote the property.
The rapper’s authorized troubles prolong past civil litigation. Her husband, Kenneth Petty, a registered intercourse offender, faces an ongoing civil lawsuit claiming he tried to bully his offender into recanting.
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