Damon Sprint has been ordered to give up full possession of a number of firms and movie copyrights after failing to pay a court docket judgment exceeding $823,000.
Damon Sprint should hand over full possession of a number of firms and movie copyrights after a federal choose dominated Tuesday (June 9) that the Hip-Hop mogul did not pay a court-ordered $823,284.71 judgment in a lawsuit introduced by filmmaker Josh Webber and Muddy Water Footage.
The ruling, issued by U.S. Justice of the Peace Choose Robert W. Lehrburger, compels Sprint and his firm, Poppington LLC, to show over management of Sprint Movies Inc., Bluroc LLC, and Blakroc LLC, together with pursuits in Lebanon Enhancements LLC, Ocean East Enhancements LLC, and 1996 Songs LLC.
Poppington should additionally forfeit copyrights to a number of movies, together with Honor Up, Too Honorable, We Went to…China, and Welcome to Blackroc.
The property might be auctioned by the U.S. Marshal inside 180 days except Sprint information objections earlier than June 16, 2025. Proceeds might be used to fulfill the unpaid judgment, with any remaining funds returned to Sprint.
This authorized blow follows Sprint’s earlier forfeiture of his one-third stake in Roc-A-Fella Information, which was auctioned off however failed to learn the plaintiffs attributable to different excellent authorities claims.
The lawsuit stems from Sprint’s alleged copyright infringement and defamation in opposition to Webber and Muddy Water Footage. Sprint misplaced the case and was ordered to pay $705,400 in damages plus $117,884.71 in authorized charges and curiosity.
The plaintiffs requested the court docket seize extra property after Sprint did not adjust to the unique judgment.
The choose’s newest order provides Sprint and his authorized staff 14 days to offer possession certificates, adopted by a further 10 days to ship signed assignments to the U.S. Marshal.
Sprint’s monetary troubles have been well-documented through the years.
He has confronted lawsuits over unpaid youngster assist, tax liens and former enterprise ventures. In 2019, he instructed a choose he was broke and unable to pay court-ordered obligations regardless of his high-profile previous as co-founder of Roc-A-Fella Information.
The authorized battle with Webber dates again to a dispute over the movie “Expensive Frank,” from which Sprint was eliminated.
Webber later accused Sprint of trying to launch the movie with out permission and making defamatory statements about him on-line, which resulted in one other $4 million lawsuit that led to a default judgment in opposition to Damon Sprint.