Blueface is dealing with a brand new authorized push in Los Angeles the place attorneys for a lady who received a $125,000 defamation judgment in opposition to the jailed rapper are asking a decide to redirect his music royalties to fulfill the debt.
Jackilyn Martinez, who sued the California rapper—actual identify Johnathan Jamall Porter—in December 2023, filed a movement Thursday (October 16) asking Los Angeles Superior Courtroom Choose Peter Hernandez to assign royalties from BMI and the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. The 2 organizations gather efficiency royalties on behalf of artists like Blueface.
Martinez’s authorized transfer comes as Porter serves a four-year sentence at North Kern State Jail for violating probation tied to a 2021 assault case. She alleges the 28-year-old “Thotiana” rapper defamed her on-line by implying that Soulja Boy’s toddler would possibly truly be his son.
“On account of Porter’s wrongful conduct and the defamatory statements, I’ve and proceed to undergo extreme emotional and psychological misery, together with melancholy, nervousness, panic assaults (and) crying spells,” Martinez wrote in courtroom paperwork.
After Porter failed to reply to the lawsuit, Choose Hernandez granted a default judgment in April totaling $123,245, which included $100,000 for ache and struggling. With curiosity, the quantity has since grown to $129,150, in keeping with a declaration from her lawyer Michael Berke.
Martinez initially sought $10 million in damages, however the decide declined to award punitive damages within the defamation case.
The royalty seizure request is the newest monetary blow for Porter, who was additionally ordered by a Nevada decide to pay $13 million to Euphoric Gents’s Membership in Las Vegas. That judgment stems from an October 2022 taking pictures exterior the venue, which led to its everlasting closure. The payout consists of $12.6 million in misplaced enterprise income, $198,000 in property damages and $84,000 in payroll prices. A further $1 million in curiosity was later added to the entire.
Martinez, who’s the mom of the kid on the middle of the net paternity declare, said in courtroom filings that she has not had a relationship with Porter since 2018. The defamatory posts have been allegedly made on his social media accounts.
Porter’s authorized troubles started escalating in 2021 when he was convicted of assault for attacking a safety guard at a North Hollywood venue. He was sentenced to probation however ended up behind bars in January 2024 after failing to adjust to its phrases. His four-year sentence was handed down in August.
Martinez’s attorneys argue that assigning the rapper’s royalties is critical as a result of he has not made any effort to pay the court-ordered quantity. A listening to on the movement is scheduled for December 9.
Porter’s music catalog, which incorporates collaborations and viral hits, stays a possible supply of revenue that could possibly be tapped to fulfill his rising authorized money owed.
His representatives haven’t responded to inquiries relating to the pending movement.
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