March 25, 2025
A Los Angeles County choose dismissed Peterson’s lawsuit as a result of she didn’t pay the $96,000 in attorneys’ charges she owed
Actuality TV stars T.I. and Tiny scored one other authorized victory when a choose tossed out a lawsuit that their former buddy, Sabrina Peterson, filed in opposition to them.
Based on Rolling Stone, Los Angeles County Decide Michael Shultz dismissed Peterson’s lawsuit as a result of nonpayment of the $96,000 in attorneys’ charges she owed the Harris couple. She additionally escaped jail time after being held in contempt of court docket.
The couple was sued by Peterson in 2021 after she accused them of defamation, stating they broken her status after she publicly accused them of varied types of sexual and bodily abuse. T.I. and Tiny denied the allegations levied in opposition to them and said that Peterson’s status had been ruined earlier than the couple made any statements about her on-line.
After Peterson initially received her lawsuit, an appellate court docket reversed the choice, and after the couple requested that their attorneys’ charges be paid by her, a choose agreed and ordered Peterson to pay them $96,702. This came about in October 2023.
She was given 90 days to pay the authorized invoice and didn’t pay something to T.I. and Tiny. Peterson advised the choose that she would solely have the ability to pay $1,000 a month if given a cost plan to fulfill the debt. The choose as an alternative dismissed her upcoming trial relating to the defamation swimsuit and stated the Harris couple might nonetheless file a judgment to gather their $96,000. Their lawyer insisted they might.
“It’s been virtually two years since she has defied the unique court docket’s order, and virtually a yr since she defied the second court docket’s order,” T.I. and Tiny’s lawyer, Andrew Brettler, said in court docket.
“The case ought to be dismissed, and Ms. Peterson ought to be held in contempt of court docket. She has proven nothing however disrespect. … She brags about how a lot cash she has on-line and that she’s by no means paying this sum to the Harrises. And he or she has completely no respect for the court docket’s time or its orders.”
Peterson spoke to Rolling Stone and stated, “I’m relieved it’s lastly over. It’s wonderful. I’m drained. This has gone on for 4 or 5 years. I’m actually drained.”