Lawyers for Gordon Recs Scully Mansukhani have renewed their request for a default judgment against Nicki Minaj, seeking $295,605. The firm says the amount covers legal services, fees and interest owed under its agreement with the rapper.
The firm represented Minaj in a copyright lawsuit claiming that her song “I Lied” directly copied the instrumentation and beat of Julius Johnson’s copyrighted track “onmysleeve.” The case ended in a private settlement and was dismissed.
The firm said Minaj had not responded to its lawsuit seeking payment, filed in March. After 30 days passed from the date she was served, it again asked the court to award $295,605 by default. A hearing is set for Nov. 16.
The filing in Los Angeles County Superior Court came on the same day Minaj appeared outside a polling station in Derry, New Hampshire. According to NBC10Boston, she was accompanied by police and posed in front of a campaign sign for Anthony DiLorenzo, a Trump-endorsed Republican businessman who lost his congressional bid to Democrat Stefany Shaheen.
Minaj also appeared with Trump at a rally in Michigan last week, leading the crowd in a chant of “We love Trump.” Rolling Stone noted that the new case is not her first legal dispute over an unpaid debt: in January, she paid a $500,000 default judgment to a security guard, narrowly avoiding the court-ordered sale of her $20 million Los Angeles mansion.
