Overview
- Lawyers for Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani filed a renewed request for a default judgment on Tuesday seeking $295,605 for unpaid legal fees and interest.
- The firm says it billed Minaj and Harajuku Barbie Music LLC $229,541.75 and added $25,249.51 in contractual late fees to reach the total claimed amount.
- The fee dispute stems from the firm’s representation of Minaj in a copyright suit over her song “I Lied,” which was resolved in a private settlement and dismissed.
- The firm says its underlying suit to recover the fees was filed in March and that Minaj did not respond, so a court could enter the requested judgment at the Nov. 16 hearing if she does not appear or answer.
- The filing came within minutes of Minaj’s public appearance at a Derry, New Hampshire polling site and follows a separate January payment of $500,000 to settle another default judgment, highlighting a recent pattern of high-profile legal and debt disputes that could pressure her finances or assets.