Damon Dash faces another financial crisis when author and entrepreneur Edwyna Brooks sentenced his $78,289.57 verdict.
Brooks successfully sued DASH for copyright infringement in 2019 and asked the judge to auction his shares in several companies including Poppington LLC, Dash Group LLC and DGCO LLC.
The legal action stems from Brooks’ lawsuit against Dash, where she accused him of illegally marketing and distributing her book series Mafietta without permission.
Her court victory led to a $300,000 verdict, but after years of collecting efforts, Brooks is now escalating her struggle to claim her own debt.
She didn’t stop at Dash’s company holdings.
Brooks also asked the US Marshal to auction Poppington’s intellectual property rights, including film honors, too glorious film rights, we went to China.
If successful, the move could divest important assets related to its production company by Dash and his long-term business partner Raquel Horn.
Damon Dash’s trouble didn’t end with Brooks.
Filmmaker Josh Webber won a $823,284.71 verdict for breach of slander and breach of the film, and is also looking for the remaining assets of Dash.
Webber, who sent Dash to court in 2019, stepped up his legal action after Dash publicly insulted him in an interview, calling him a thief.
Webber’s legal team has petitioned the judge to authorize the seizure of DASH’s personal assets, including high-end watches, his wedding rings, and potential revenue from past movies and music ventures.
His lawyers believe that Dash’s attempt to sell his Roc-a-Fella record shares, an auction designed to generate a lot of money, is not close to paying off the debt.
Dash acquired $1 million in a federal auction in Manhattan in November 2024, but the proceeds did not address his massive financial obligations, totaling about $8 million.
Brooks’ battle with Dash has been for many years. Despite the verdict in 2019, she claimed that Dash avoided payments by transferring assets between businesses.
New York’s legal framework allows creditors like Brooks to force liquidation of assets, and court documents show she is pursuing that option to the greatest extent.
Her motion explicitly requires Dash and Horn to hand over assets and commercial interests to be auctioned publicly to ensure some form of compensation for outstanding judgments.
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