Minaj’s Former Lawyers Renew $295,605 Judgment Request

Nicki Minaj’s former law firm, Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, has renewed its request for a $295,605 default judgment against the rapper and Harajuku Barbie Music LLC over allegedly unpaid legal fees. The request remains pending, and the allegations have not been established in court. A hearing is scheduled for November 16 in Los Angeles County Superior Court. The firm says the fees stem from its representation of Minaj in a copyright infringement lawsuit involving her song “I Lied” and “onmysleeve,” a composition by Julius Johnson. That case ended in a private settlement and was dismissed. According to the firm’s court filing, it billed Minaj and her company $229,541.75, which remained unpaid when it filed its fee lawsuit in March. It says contractual late fees later added $25,249.51 to the amount sought. The firm also said Minaj had not responded to its lawsuit after being served. Its renewed application asks the court to enter a default judgment, which would grant the requested relief if approved. No such judgment has been issued. Minaj’s representatives did not respond to requests for comment cited in the reports. In a separate case, another firm, Kurzman Eisenberg Corbin...