Brandon Garrett—who says he was Nicki Minaj’s supervisor through the Pinkprint World Tour 2 final yr—is reportedly suing the rapper for assault, battery and intentional infliction of emotional misery.
In keeping with authorized paperwork obtained by TMZ and filed by legal professional Thomas Feher, Garrett claims the incident occurred in April 2024, when Minaj despatched him on an errand after her live performance in Detroit. When he returned, he says he was summoned to her dressing room and have become livid when she found Garrett as soon as despatched another person to select up her prescriptions.
“Are you f###### loopy having him choose up my prescription?” she allegedly screamed at him. “You’ve got misplaced your f###### thoughts and if my husband had been right here, he would knock out your f###### tooth. You’re a lifeless man strolling. You simply f##### up your complete life and you’ll by no means be anybody, I’ll be certain that of it.”
Garrett says she then struck him on the suitable facet of his face with an open hand, inflicting his head to swing backward and hat to fly off his head. Minaj then instructed supposedly instructed him to “get the f### out,” which he did. He then locked himself inside a restroom “for hours” at Little Caesars Area out of worry for his security. He additionally known as his fiancée to let her know what occurred.
Minaj’s legal professional, Judd Burstein, denies they’ve even seen the lawsuit.
“Right now, no grievance has been served upon [Nicki Minaj] and due to this fact, we’re unaware of the precise allegations,” Burstein stated in an announcement. “Nonetheless, if the lawsuit is as reported by TMZ, it’s utterly false and frivolous. We’re assured that the matter introduced by this ex assistant can be resolved swiftly in [Nicki Minaj’s] favor.”
Final August, Nicki Minaj was sued by considered one of of her Barbz, Tameer Peak, who accused the Grammy Award-nominated rapper of slander. Peak claimed he was a sufferer of the “Nicki hate prepare” in 2017, when she supposedly lashed out at a number of of her ardent followers.
He says Minaj publicly ridiculed him and accused him of being a “stalker.” At one level, she allegedly invited him to her lodge to movie and embarrass him in entrance of 100,000 viewers on Instagram Stay.
Peak additionally accused Minaj’s husband, Kenneth Petty, of battering him at a Tremendous Bowl occasion in 2020, which he stated Minaj addressed in a non-public message.
Different allegations included Minaj portray him as mentally unstable, saying, “It’s clear they’re not essentially, you recognize, a full basket umm on the picnic.” In one other alleged occasion, she supposedly stated he was “one sandwich wanting a picnic” and receiving authorities checks.
Peak was asking Minaj for $5 million in damages for reputational hurt, emotional misery and monetary loss.