Nicki Minaj is sued by 'former manager' over alleged backstage assault on rapper's tour
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Nicki Minaj has been sued for alleged assault by a man named Brandon Garrett who claimed he was a 'former manager' during her Pink Friday 2 Tour last year in 2024. Garrett filed the new lawsuit through attorney Thomas Feher on Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court - and is also suing for battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
![[In the documents obtained by TMZ, the alleged former employee claimed that he had been 'struck' by Minaj, 42, while backstage following a concert in Detroit at the Little Caesars Arena in April 2024; seen in 2024 in NYC]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/04/03/93730465-14249053-image-m-76_1735962760982.jpg)
In the documents obtained by TMZ, the alleged former employee claimed that he had been 'struck' by Minaj, 42, while backstage following a concert in Detroit at the Little Caesars Arena in April 2024. In a statement to DailyMail.com, Minaj's lawyer Judd Burstein slammed the lawsuit as 'false and frivolous' and claimed Minaj has yet to be served with a formal complaint.
![[In a statement to DailyMail.com, Minaj's lawyer Judd Burstein slammed the lawsuit as 'false and frivolous' and claimed Minaj has yet to be served with a formal complaint]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/04/04/93730441-14249053-image-a-77_1735963981049.jpg)
Burstein also suggested that Garrett was the rapper's 'ex assistant' and not a 'former manager.'. The alleged incident took place when Garrett was summoned to the rapper's dressing room to confront him over an errand he had been ordered to run. Nicki Minaj, 42, has been sued for alleged assault by a man named Brandon Garrett who claimed he was a 'former manager' during her Pink Friday 2 Tour last year in 2024; seen in March 2024 in NYC.
![[During the alleged incident, Garrett claimed Nicki approached him at one point and 'struck him' on the 'right side of his face, causing his head to swing backwards as his hat flew off his head'; seen in 2023 in Miami]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/04/04/93730499-14249053-image-m-79_1735964089520.jpg)
Garrett claimed that he was supposed to pick up prescriptions for Nicki, but he had sent another employee, Luke Montgomery, due to being occupied by other tasks at the arena. The lawsuit then alleged that Minaj became 'visibly upset,' per Billboard, and began to yell at him: 'Are you f***ing crazy having him pick up my prescription?'.
![['However, if the lawsuit is as reported by TMZ, it is completely false and frivolous. We are confident that the matter brought by this ex assistant will be resolved swiftly in Mrs. Petty's favor,' her lawyer told DailyMail.com]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/04/04/93730439-14249053-image-m-81_1735964134347.jpg)
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