May 10, 2024, published at 1:00 PM ET
A concert promoter was owed a seven-figure judgment from Nicki MinajS The company demanded that its agent and business manager appear in court and answer questions about the rapper’s assets.
This is evident from court documents obtained by RadarOnline.comBritish Virgin Islands-based promoter BS Associates Company Limited [BSA] has asked a Los Angeles Superior Court judge to grant permission to question third-party witnesses.
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As we first reported, BSA received $1.4 million from Nicki’s company Pink personality. The musician signed a deal to perform in China in 2018, but failed to show up.
In the filing, BSA requested that Nicki’s business manager, an accountant from the firm NKSFB, an agent with William Morris Endeavor, and her financial advisor appear.
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The company wants to ask Nicki’s team members about any Pink Personality, Inc assets or funds they hold. In addition, BSA has requested that it be allowed to investigate the details of any party regarding Pink Personality’s assets, their location or other potential assets of Pink Personality and/or Onika Maraj alias Nicki Minaj “that will contribute to the fulfillment of the sentence.”
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A judge has yet to decide whether BSA can involve Nicki’s team members in the fight.
As we first reported, BSA filed an arbitration claim against Pink Personality in 2022. The company claimed that Nicki agreed to perform at a September 18, 2018 concert. BSA said it sent the seven-figure sum to Nicki’s agents at CAA to be placed in an escrow account.
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The lawsuit alleged that Minaj requested $250,000 to be released from the escrow account two weeks before the scheduled show. BSA said it agreed to the request. Despite the accommodation, BSA said Minaj did not show up to the concert.
The promoter said he was trying to reschedule the show with Minaj and her team. BSA said Minaj said she was open to a new date if “additional funds” were released from the escrow account as a “sign of good faith.”
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BSA said it was releasing another $250,000. However, it said Minaj failed to reschedule the show despite repeated attempts. BSA received $1.4 million plus interest from Pink Personality in arbitration.
In November 2023, BSA asked a Los Angeles Superior Court judge to confirm the arbitration award, which would allow the promoter to begin collecting the judgment. The judge approved the request and now BSA is taking steps to find Minaj’s money.
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As RadarOnline.com previously reported, Minaj and her husband Kenneth Petty were recently ordered to pay a six-figure sum in the lawsuit brought by a security guard over an alleged assault in Germany.
Minaj’s husband got some good news when a federal judge modified his probation so he could travel abroad with the musician for her. Pink Friday 2 World Tour.