October 18, 2025
Court docket dismisses Sabrina Peterson’s defamation lawsuit as a consequence of her failure to stick to the authorized course of.
Rapper T.I. and his spouse Tiny Harris have gained a authorized victory as a choose declined to reinstate the defamation lawsuit introduced by influencer Sabrina Peterson.
After years of authorized previous Clifford Harris and Tameka Harris are free from the authorized battle. Peterson filed her grievance in March 2021, claiming that T.I. held a gun to her head throughout an altercation. She provides that after the incident that each T.I. and Tiny then defamed her by social media posts and personal communications.
Whereas the preliminary swimsuit was broad, over the course of the authorized battle Peterson’s case narrowed to 2 claims, defamation and invasion of privateness. In March 2025 a choose dominated her case must be dismissed as a consequence of her failure to prosecute the motion diligently.
Authorized filings reveal the court docket discovered that Peterson missed deadlines, failed to seem at hearings. Moreover, Peterson didn’t adjust to court docket orders for discovery and $96,000 in attorneys’ charges owed to T.I. and Tiny. The court docket deemed the procedural failures ample to toss the case, leaving the advantage of the allegations untested.
Peterson’s legal professional, Kieta T. Middleton, says she plans to attraction the ruling as she shouldn’t be held accountable for the ineptitude of prior counsel.
“The court docket incorrectly utilized the regulation and there was an excessive miscarriage of justice, not simply as we speak however all through the complete lifetime of the declare – principally as a consequence of ineffectiveness of Ms. Peterson’s prior attorneys, whose actions, or lack thereof, have simply been endorsed by the court docket,” Middleton informed Rolling Stone “It’s unlucky for me to have to wash up a multitude not attributable to myself or Ms. Peterson, however we will see if the appellate panel agrees with as we speak’s resolution.”
For T.I. and Tiny, the dismissal means the pair can transfer ahead with different ventures and victories. In March 2025, the couple finalized one other main lawsuit on behalf of their teen group the OMG Girlz. T.I. and Tiny sued the maker of O.M.G. Dolls claiming the corporate used the group’s likeness with out permission. They had been awarded $53.6 million in punitive damages and $17.9 million in precise damages.
The preliminary financial judgement was questioned by the presiding choose. In March 2025, the $71.5 million award in opposition to MGA Leisure was affirmed.
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