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Judge Signals Forced Sale of Nicki Minaj’s $20 Million Home to Pay Default Judgment

A Jan. 22 hearing will follow receipt of a Bank of America mortgage statement to finalize the ruling.

Overview

  • At a Los Angeles hearing, Judge Cindy Pánuco said her tentative decision is to authorize the sale to satisfy a roughly $503,318 judgment won by former security guard Thomas Weidenmuller.
  • The court is waiting on a detailed Bank of America statement showing payments on an approximately $13.3 million mortgage before issuing a final order.
  • Court filings list the Hidden Hills property at about $20 million with a $13,258,000 mortgage lien and a $722,151 homestead exemption, leaving an estimated $6 million available after liens and exemptions.
  • The judgment was entered by default after Nicki Minaj and Kenneth Petty did not respond to Weidenmuller’s 2022 lawsuit, and their representatives have not responded to recent requests for comment.
  • Weidenmuller alleges Petty punched him backstage at a 2019 Frankfurt show, causing severe jaw injuries that required multiple surgeries, and says standard collection efforts failed before seeking the rare forced-sale remedy under California law.