Damon Sprint has been summoned to federal courtroom in Manhattan after failing to show over key possession paperwork tied to a $4 million judgment.
The decide has grown impatient and warned Sprint that he may very well be arrested if he doesn’t comply by the top of the month.
U.S. Justice of the Peace Choose Robert W. Lehrburger issued the order after Sprint and his firm, Poppington LLC, missed a July 10 deadline to submit certificates proving their possession in a number of companies and copyrights.
The paperwork was required so the U.S. Marshal may promote the property at a public public sale to assist fulfill the judgment. As of July 14, the courtroom confirmed that Sprint and Poppington had not complied with the order.
Lehrburger famous this was a part of a “sample of non-compliance and delay” and scheduled a listening to for July 31 at 10 A.M., the place Sprint should personally clarify why he shouldn’t face sanctions.
If Sprint fails to look, the courtroom might concern a warrant for his arrest and impose monetary penalties. Nonetheless, he can keep away from the listening to altogether by submitting the required paperwork by July 30.
The authorized battle stems from a years-long dispute with filmmaker Josh Webber over the 2019 movie “Pricey Frank.”
Sprint was faraway from the undertaking however later claimed possession, prompting Webber and Muddy Water Footage to sue for defamation and copyright infringement.
In 2022, a decide ordered Sprint to pay $805,000 for failing to adjust to courtroom deadlines and refusing to take part in mediation.
The scenario escalated after Sprint made defamatory remarks about Webber on the Earn Your Leisure podcast. This resulted in a $4 million default judgment in 2025.
To recuperate the damages, the courtroom authorised the sale of Sprint’s pursuits in a number of firms, together with Sprint Movies Inc., Bluroc LLC, Blakroc LLC, Lebanon Enhancements LLC, Ocean East Enhancements LLC and 1996 Songs LLC. Poppington LLC was additionally ordered at hand over copyright certificates for a number of movies.
Webber’s authorized workforce confirmed Sprint’s attorneys had not delivered the paperwork.
Earlier this week, they despatched a letter to the courtroom, requesting an arrest warrant and asking that the disputed property be transferred to the U.S. Marshal for public sale.
Sprint beforehand bought his one-third share of Roc-A-Fella Information for just a little over $1 million in December 2024, however the proceeds didn’t cowl the total judgment as a result of excellent obligations to the state of New York, which bought the asset.
The courtroom is now attempting to implement the remaining steadiness via asset liquidation.
The public sale might be carried out by the U.S. Marshal, with any leftover funds returned to Sprint after the judgment is happy.
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