News : Nicki Minaj points to business manager over failure to address assault case

Earlier this week, news surfaced that Nicki Minaj may be at risk of losing her Los Angeles home over an unpaid $500,000 judgment. A security guard named Thomas Weidenmuller sued the rapper and her husband Kenneth Petty back in 2021, claiming that Petty assaulted him backstage at a show months earlier. Since neither of them responded to the lawsuit, Weidenmuller was granted a default judgment. He has yet to collect the money, which led him to suggest selling Nicki’s property.

“The property’s current fair market value is appraised at $20 million, yielding approximately $6 million in equity beyond the lien and exemption,” the motion states. “That amount is more than sufficient to satisfy the judgment, plus accrued interest and enforcement costs.”

The document continues, “Here, there is no doubt that the sale of the dwelling would satisfy the entire judgment, with millions to spare.”

Nicki Minaj Lawsuit

Nicki responded to the situation on Twitter, claiming she was never properly notified about the lawsuit. “I have evidence that this was given to a business [manager] who never told me. My lawyers AND business [managers] (old & new) are AWARE. Let’s see if they’ll speak up or if I’ll have to call them out by name. That same business [manager] STOLE from me MANY times," she wrote, according to Us Weekly.

The rapper also directed criticism at Jay-Z and Roc Nation CEO Desiree Perez, with whom she has a long history of conflict.

“They came BEGGING the QUEEN for a tour & album & I said NOPE!!!!! LMFAO. Wanted to patch it up. They needed help from the QUEEN & the BARBZ. I called the Barbz on the secret BARB phone & it was a resounding NOOOOOOOO. just like the casinooooooooooooooooooo,” she wrote. “[Jay-Z] let me find out you gon let Desiree take the fall alone.”