Nicki Minaj And Kenneth Petty Ordered To Pay $500,000 For Assaulting A Security Guard In 2019

Nicki Minaj and her husband, Kenneth Petty, had been ordered to pay a considerable quantity after being accused of assaulting a safety guard throughout a 2019 live performance.

As per court docket data, Nicki and Kenneth have been instructed to pay $500,000 in settlement to a former bodyguard who sued Petty final yr. The lawsuit was filed by a earlier bodyguard of the rapper, recognized as Thomas Weidenmuller, residing in Germany. He alleged that Petty assaulted him following a Nicki live performance in Frankfurt in 2019.

Weidenmuller claimed that Petty punched him within the face whereas he was attempting to guard a feminine safety officer, main him to sue the couple for $750,000, citing battery and emotional misery. Though Weidenmuller didn’t obtain the precise quantity he requested, the couple continues to be required to pay $500,000 in damages.

In response to Weidenmuller, Minaj turned annoyed and blamed the feminine guard for permitting a fan to breach a barricade and climb onto the stage together with her. Allegedly, Minaj started recording the feminine safety guard whereas berating her. Weidenmuller claimed that he intervened, expressing to Minaj that it was incorrect for the guard’s skilled repute to be tarnished on social media.

In response, Minaj reportedly threw a shoe at Weidenmuller, narrowly lacking him. Weidenmuller alleges that Petty later accused him of disrespecting Minaj and struck him within the face, leaving him “stunned and disoriented.”

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