Nicki Minaj’s attorneys are reportedly seeking to withdraw from their representation of the Queens rapper in her legal dispute with Jingle Ball organizers.
According to AllHipHop, attorney Bruce W. Bieber filed a request with the court on Friday (October 23), asking for his firm to be removed from the case. The dispute involves 24/7 Productions, the company behind Jingle Ball, which alleges it covered $275,149 in expenses for Minaj to host events tied to her fifth studio album, Pink Friday 2.
According to the company, the expenses span events in Chicago, Atlanta, and New York. Among the charges was a New York hotel bill totaling $103,730 for a seven-night stay, covering a suite and four additional rooms reportedly booked under the name ‘Tori Spaulding.’
24/7 Productions also claims it paid $1,939 for a private dinner on December 12, along with additional expenses from a separate stay at the Four Seasons in Fort Lauderdale. Minaj allegedly accumulated $25,197.85 in charges at the hotel, including a suite costing $3,800 per night and rooms reserved for her security team and stylist.
Minaj has reportedly disputed the amount owed, with her company, Pink Friday Productions, claiming in a July 31 filing that the debt had already been settled. Her attorneys also reportedly acknowledged that the expenses were authorized.
The rapper is being represented in the case by Kurzman Eisenberg Corbin & Lever, which cited “irreconcilable differences” with Minaj as the reason for seeking to withdraw from the matter.
“Counsel and [Minaj] have been unable to agree on litigation strategy, and the attorney-client relationship has deteriorated beyond repair, making continued representation neither practical nor appropriate,” the filing stated. “Communication has also broken down.”
The firm further explained that their disagreements had “rendered effective representation unreasonably difficult and constitute good cause for withdrawal.”
“To protect attorney-client confidences and privileges, KECL has not disclosed the details of confidential communications and respectfully requests permission to provide additional information for in camera review if the Court deems it necessary,” the statement added.
Earlier this year, Minaj faced another lawsuit when law firm Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP sued her over an alleged failure to pay $229,541 in legal fees for its work on a 2024 copyright infringement case.
Minaj and her husband, Kenneth Petty, also encountered a similar situation after failing to respond to a lawsuit connected to the 2019 backstage assault of security guard Thomas Weidenmuller.
