Dame Dash has once again found himself on the wrong end of a lawsuit, as Dear Frank director Josh Webber has slapped him with a new defamation of character lawsuit for $4 million.
According to court documents obtained by HipHopDX, Webber — through his attorney, Christopher Brown of Brown & Rosen — initially filed the lawsuit in the Superior Court of California on April 25, but Dash wasn’t served until Tuesday (May 28).
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Webber’s new lawsuit stems from Dash’s statements on the Earn Your Leisure podcast back in March. According to Webber, Dash lied when he claimed that Webber “stole” from him by winning nearly $1 million in a lawsuit back in 2022.
“I had a judgment. And I knew this dickhead Chris Brown (pause) and Josh Webber (pause) and Muddy Waters…Chris Brown the lawyer. I went through four trials with the same lawyer…What I lost was defamation because these guys trigger me and steal my shit…you think there is freedom of speech, it’s really not…” he said on the podcast.
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Webber claims that as a result of Dash’s lies, a $4 million contract to direct a movie starring Billy Bob Thornton and Scott Eastwood was cancelled — which is exactly what Webber is suing for.
Check out part of the filing below.
Dame Dash’s “Dear Frank” issues continue with new defamation of character lawsuit pic.twitter.com/vMhiBnspeV
— HipHopDX (@HipHopDX) May 28, 2024
In the same lawsuit, Webber mentions that Dash had to sell Roc-A-Fella Records to satisfy the judgment against him.
According to documents obtained by Radar Online on February 16, a judge ordered Dame to sell his shares of Roc-A-Fella Records after he allegedly refused to pay a judgment of more than $800K.
Both Jay and Kareem “Biggs” Burke objected to Dame having to sell his shares in an auction, on the basis that company bylaws mandate that the board of directors must first approve the sell-off. However, U.S. Magistrate Robert W. Lehrburger ruled that the former exec’s one-third ownership of Roc-A-Fella can be seized to help cover the judgment since it is his personal property.
In an exclusive statement furnished to HipHopDX, back in March, Brown shared that anyone who was trying to purchase the shares directly from Dash himself was “barking up the wrong tree.” What’s more, Brown made clear that Dash has no control over the sale of the shares, and that the judgments against Dash — which total $1 million — would be satisfied with the sale of his one-third interest in Roc-A-Fella Records.
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“Mr. Dash did not create this auction and is simply a judgment debtor along for the ride,” Brown wrote in the statement. “I was recently informed that the Office of Child Support Services (New York City) has added a lien to the auction in the amount of $123,562.37 for unpaid child support and Mr. Dash has a judgment against him in the case of Bunn v. Dash, 20-07389 for $30,000.00 pending in California. This too will be added. Buyer Beware when it comes to Damon Dash. My office and the United States Marshal are in control of this process. With that being said, I am negotiating with various entities to sell the judgments that are the focal point of the auction. The parties seeking to purchase the judgments fully intend to complete the auction process.”
He continued: “My team/clients has heard from two prominent New York rappers, however, the present leading candidates to purchase the judgments are World One TV and another network, and both networks are willing to pay an amount in excess of the judgments, understanding the value of this once in a lifetime opportunity.”
