In a decision against her by former friend, Misa Hylton, Mary J. Blige won the dismissal of a lawsuit for breach of contract that sought $5,000,000.00 in damages.
Accusing the superstar singer/songwriter of trying to “coerce” rapper Vado (born Teyon Winfree) into ending his management agreement with her, in April 2025, the celebrity stylist submitted a legal complaint alleging that Blige wanted to sign the rapper to her company, and “sabotaged” her professional relationship with the artist.
At the time Blige’s lawyers denied the allegations, and in Tuesday’s (1.06) New York court ruling, Judge Phaedra F. Perry-Bond granted a motion to dismiss the case, noting that Hylton never responded to Blige’s request to dismiss, adding:
“The court in no way condones parties filing lawsuits claiming millions in damages based on inflammatory accusations, only to have those very same parties abandon their allegations when faced with a motion to dismiss and sanctions.”
Additionally, the judge declined the Grammy award winner’s request to penalize Hylton for filing the case, and warned that the application could be revived, stating:
“Plaintiffs and their counsel shall consider this a warning to refrain from engaging in similar patterns of behavior in the future.” “This written warning may serve as weighty evidence on a future application for sanctions if plaintiffs and/or their counsel continue to engage in similar bad faith litigation tactics.”
In response to the legal decision, the plaintiff’s Hylton’s lawyer, Nicholas Ramcharitar, stated that his client decided to forego the lawsuit after allegedly receiving threats amid Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s sex trafficking trial last year. Hylton and Combs dated in the early ’90s, and welcomed son Justin Combs in 1993.
“We do not at any point take lightly the filing of any matter, especially with the claims set forth in this prior suit,” said Ramcharitar told Billboard.
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Author: Al Dente
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