The estate of Takeoff is currently dealing with a few legal matters on their hands, including the division of the settlement money from his wrongful death lawsuit. In addition, they continue to combat a civil sexual assault case from 2020 from an anonymous woman who claims he sexually assaulted her at an Encino house party that year. According to MyNewsLA, the estate has asked the judge in the case to dismiss the lawsuit due to the plaintiff allegedly destroying key evidence.
On Tuesday (October 27), lawyers for the late rapper's mother, Titiana Patrice Davenport, and his estate filed legal documents asking Judge Huey P. Cotton to impose "terminating sanctions" on the plaintiff. They accused the Jane Doe of allegedly deleting text messages that would've been highly relevant to the defense team's case. If Judge Cotton issues the sanctions and dismisses the case, the accuser could reportedly face a default judgement.
The new court documents cite Doe's October 14 deposition, during which she reportedly admitted to deleting everything in her phone after she filed the lawsuit. "Plaintiff Jane Doe has admitted under oath that she systematically double-deleted her text messages relevant to this lawsuit after she had already filed her complaint,” the documents reportedly read. “Such spoliation is set against the backdrop of her own friend testifying that plaintiff’s claims in this lawsuit are fabricated with the help of her other friends with whom she broadly engaged in text communications... The court should not tolerate such conduct and should impose terminating sanctions in the form of dismissing plaintiff’s case."
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Per defense attorneys, the text messages are relevant because Jane Doe plans to use select messages in her case. "In sum, plaintiff herself recognizes the relevance of text messages because she intends to rely on cherry-picked snippets, the same token, self-selected snippets she shared with the police, notwithstanding that she systematically deleted entire text threads with the same third parties and other witnesses," they reportedly alleged.
Takeoff's sexual assault accuser also reportedly filed a $6 million creditor's claim against the artist's estate. The court will reportedly hold a hearing on this matter on January 21, 2027. In April of 2021, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office rejected prosecution due to insufficient evidence. He had denied the allegations against him before his murder in 2022.
Elsewhere, the trial of Takeoff's alleged killer is coming up next week on Thursday, November 5. Also, there's a lot of hype about new music coming soon via teases of solo projects and a Migos reunion from Quavo and Offset.
