Mary J. Blige requested a New York choose to maneuver Misa Hylton’s $5 million lawsuit to a specialised enterprise court docket.

Mary J. Blige and her firm, Beautiful Life Productions, are in search of to have a $5 million lawsuit filed by Misa Hylton and Vado transferred to the New York Supreme Court’s Commercial Division, arguing that the case is rooted in enterprise disputes and requires specialised dealing with.

The authorized battle stems from claims that Blige’s firm interfered with a recording settlement involving Harlem rapper Vado, who was signed to Hylton’s M.I.S.A. Management.

The plaintiffs accuse Blige and her label of breaching the contract, disrupting different enterprise relationships and deliberately stalling Vado’s profession to strain him into leaving Hylton’s administration.

The lawsuit, filed in April, alleges Blige withheld Vado’s accomplished album and blocked his means to tour, leaving him in “economic servitude.”

Hylton additionally claims Blige’s head of safety, reportedly her boyfriend, tried to get Vado to signal paperwork with out authorized counsel.

Blige has denied all allegations and called the lawsuit “patently frivolous,” arguing it was filed “to harass and damage her personally and professionally.”

Her authorized crew is asking the court docket to dismiss the case and impose sanctions on Hylton and her legal professional for what they describe as “meritless” litigation.

In a proper request to Judge Suzanne J. Adams, Blige’s attorneys requested that the case be reassigned to the Commercial Division, which handles advanced enterprise disputes.

They say the lawsuit meets the $500,000 threshold and facilities on contract points, together with questions on whether or not New York or California’s legislation applies.

They additionally query whether or not M.I.S.A. Management is a sound authorized entity and argues that Blige by no means signed the disputed contract in her private capability.

The court docket clerk initially categorized the case as “Commercial – Contract” however didn’t assign it to the Commercial Division, saying it didn’t meet the formal standards.

Blige’s crew disagrees and insists the case belongs within the Commercial Division as a consequence of its monetary scope and authorized complexity.

They additionally argue that the declare for emotional misery shouldn’t be central to the case and doesn’t disqualify it from being transferred.

Judge Adams has not but dominated on the switch request.

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