Dame Dash Faces Another Huge Lawsuit From Josh Webber
Dame Dash is going through yet one more lawsuit from filmmaker Josh Webber, who now accuses the Roc-A-Fella co-founder of ruining a $10 million settlement he had lined as much as direct and produce a movie titled TORN. According to AllHipHop, Webber additionally named Dash’s firm, The Dash Group, which he operates along with his girlfriend, Raquel Horn. He says that Dash’s public feedback on their feud allegedly prompted buyers to again out.
In the most recent submitting, which Webber made in Los Angeles federal court docket on Monday, he referenced Dame threatening to file a civil RICO lawsuit towards him again in October. Webber included an e mail from somebody named Tina Parmar, who notes that one of many movie’s buyers demanded Webber be let go after seeing an article about Dame’s menace.
Webber says that Dame’s suggestion that he was a part of a prison group was “false and defamatory,” and that he “knew [it] was false when he made it,” in keeping with Complex.
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DETROIT, MICHIGAN – JUNE 23: Entrepreneur/Director Damon Dash arrives at “The Prince Of Detroit” Detroit Premiere at Detroit Music Hall on June 23, 2023, in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Monica Morgan/Getty Images)
Dame Dash beforehand misplaced a number of lawsuits to Webber associated to the movie Dear Frank. The drama started with Webber suing him for defamation and copyright infringement in 2022. He alleged that Dash pulled out of the venture and tried to promote it beneath a unique identify whereas claiming to be the director.
In 2024, he hit Dame with one other lawsuit, claiming that his fiery feedback on the case from the Earn Your Leisure podcast price him a job on the film Fast Life. With Dame nonetheless within the midst of bankruptcy proceedings, he has but to completely pay out the multimillion-dollar judgments.
In the wake of all of the legal and financial trouble, Dame tried to clear the air on The Breakfast Club, earlier this yr. This backfired and led to a fiery confrontation with Charlamagne Tha God that circulated throughout social media.