Nicki Minaj finds herself with out authorized counsel after her longtime lawyer, Judd Burstein, immediately terminated their skilled relationship throughout a contentious $10 million defamation case.

The 42-year-old rapper now scrambles to safe new illustration as fan Tameer Peak pursues substantial damages over alleged public humiliation.

The Northstar Group is owned by Londell McMillian, who has represented artists reminiscent of Prince, Stevie Wonder and Michael Jackson.

Reps for the corporate knowledgeable the courtroom that Burstein had “abruptly withdrawn entirely” from representing the Hip-Hop celebrity with out advance discover.

The surprising departure leaves Minaj susceptible in Peak’s lawsuit, which claims she made defamatory statements throughout a Stationhead broadcast in April 2024.

Peak alleges Nicki Minaj known as him “one sandwich short of a picnic” and steered he “clearly gets a check from the government,” statements he characterizes as false accusations of felony conduct, stalking and psychological incapacity.

The fan, who beforehand promoted Minaj’s work on social media, initially filed go well with in New Jersey earlier than refiling in New York after the case was dismissed.

Burstein, who efficiently defended Minaj within the authentic New Jersey submitting, declined to proceed illustration within the New York proceedings.

“After I won a dismissal of Tameer Peak’s defamation lawsuit against Nicki in New Jersey, I declined the opportunity to represent her when Peak refiled it in New York,” Burstein informed Us Weekly.

He emphasised his determination was “unrelated to any concern about the merits of Peak’s claims” and maintained the criticism is “entirely frivolous.”

Burstein’s web site highlights his profitable illustration of Minaj in two earlier instances, together with a $20 million lawsuit that was dismissed in 2022 and a 2024 defamation case that resulted in a gag order towards a blogger.

His departure removes an skilled advocate acquainted with Minaj’s authorized technique and case historical past. The authorized setback compounds mounting monetary pressures going through the “Super Bass” artist.

Nicki Minaj concurrently battles efforts to grab her $20 million Hidden Hills mansion over a separate $500,000 judgment.

Thomas Weidenmuller, who claims assault by Minaj’s husband, Kenneth Petty, throughout a 2019 incident, obtained a default judgment and filed courtroom paperwork looking for authorization to promote the property.

The rapper’s authorized troubles lengthen past civil litigation. Her husband, Kenneth Petty, a registered sex offender, faces an ongoing civil lawsuit claiming he tried to bully his offender into recanting.

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