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Former Hype Man Sues Fat Joe for $20 Million Alleging Sexual Exploitation

The federal suit accuses the rapper of trafficking violations, financial fraud and coercion over a 16-year working relationship

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Rapper Fat Joe on March 9, 2025, in Miami Gardens, Fla.
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Overview

  • Terrance “T.A.” Dixon filed the suit June 19 in the Southern District of New York claiming Fat Joe forced him into thousands of degrading sexual acts under duress.
  • Dixon’s 157-page complaint alleges the rapper engaged in sexual relations with three minors aged 15 and 16, arranging travel and cosmetic procedures for the underage girls.
  • The filing invokes civil RICO and the Trafficking Victims Protection Act against Fat Joe and associates Pete “Pistol Pete” Torres and Richard “Rich Player” Jospitre for operating a criminal enterprise.
  • Jay-Z’s Roc Nation is named for allegedly concealing, transferring and manipulating Dixon’s authorship rights and royalty interests to suppress his contributions.
  • Fat Joe’s attorney, Joe Tacopina, has denied the claims as fabricated and described the lawsuit as an extortionate retaliation following his April defamation suit.