Now it’s a tougher knock life.
Roc-A-Fella Data’ embattled co-founder was ordered to pay $4 million for trash-talking a filmmaker on a podcast — on high of the tens of millions he already owes the state of New York.
Damon Sprint — who already owes the Empire State $8.7 million in again taxes — should cough up the dough after badmouthing film producer Josh Webber on the “Earn Your Leisure” podcast in March 2024, a California federal decide dominated on March 26.
In the course of the on-air rant, the previous rap mogul-turned-Jay Z-foe was discussing a dispute he and Webber had over the 2019 film “Dear Frank,” when he claimed Webber and his companions stole from him, in line with an April 2024 defamation lawsuit.
“And I knew this d—khead Chris Brown and Josh Webber and Muddy Waters…These guys trigger me and steal my s–t,” he stated on the podcast.
Webber claimed in his swimsuit that he misplaced a $4-million producing and directing job due to the feedback, which have been broadcast to 1000’s of listeners.
Final week, Choose John Walter made the $4 million “default judgment” in opposition to Sprint as a result of he did not “file an opposition” to the swimsuit, Central District of California Courtroom papers state.
The ruling marks the most recent of Sprint’s monetary woes, which embrace a $823,000 judgment in a earlier authorized battle over “Dear Frank,” together with a $300,000 judgement over a 2020 copyright infringement and $193,000 in unpaid youngster assist.
Webber’s legal professional claimed to The Put up that Sprint “has not learned his lesson and continues to defame people.”
“At some point someone on Damon Dash’s team needs to tell him that Mr. Webber will always protect his reputation and rights, at all costs,” stated Christopher Brown of the agency Brown & Rosen LLC.
The on-air trash discuss in opposition to Webber got here after Sprint insisted that Jay-Z “robbed me” over document label and clothes firm dealings on a special podcast, “Big Boy’s Neighborhood,” in 2019.
“No matter what, I feel he robbed me — period,” Sprint stated on that podcast. “The way he went about moves with my business was dirty.”
Sprint and the famed Brooklyn rapper co-founded Roc-A-Fella Data —which made hits similar to “Hard Knock Life” and “99 Problems” — in 1994 however have since had a falling out over funds.
Reps for Sprint and Jay-Z didn’t instantly return a request for remark Thursday.
