Damon Dash is headed for an additional monetary reckoning, as a federal decide dominated on Wednesday that the general public public sale of his property can transfer ahead, despite his filing for personal bankruptcy last month with over $25 million in debt.

The determination, issued by Magistrate Judge Robert Lehrburger, permits collectors to proceed promoting off property linked to Dash’s firm, Poppington LLC.

That contains movie rights, copyrights and different enterprise holdings. While Dash’s private enforcement proceedings are paused as a consequence of his September 4 chapter submitting, the court docket discovered no purpose to halt the sale of company property that has already been turned over to the U.S. Marshals.

“Enforcement proceedings are not stayed as to Defendant Poppington LLC. Public auction of Poppington’s films and copyrights may proceed. Further, public auction of Dash’s assets that were assigned to the U.S. Marshal before September 4, 2025, may proceed. Assignment is a transfer of ownership. Dash has provided no authority that would bar public auction of assets assigned to the U.S. Marshal before the bankruptcy,” the Judge wrote.

The ruling is the newest blow in a long-running authorized feud between Dash and leisure financier Christopher Brown.

Brown has a number of judgments towards Damon Dash. One of essentially the most distinguished instances includes Muddy Waters Pictures LLC, which claims Dash hijacked a movie challenge, “Dear Frank/The List.”

The lawyer gained $850,000 in addition to a $4 million defamation default judgment, as a consequence of Dash’s feedback about him on an episode of Earn Your Leisure.

Brown has been instrumental in pushing two separate auctions focusing on Dash’s holdings — the newest one centered on Poppington’s catalog and mental property.

Brown additionally performed a key position in a 2024 public sale involving property from Roc-A-Fella Records, the legendary Hip-Hop label Dash co-founded with Jay-Z and Kareem “Biggs” Burke.

That sale adopted a court docket determination granting the State of New York partial rights to the label’s solely asset, Jay-Z’s basic album Reasonable Doubt. The state in the end secured a profitable bid, buying a fraction of Roc-A-Fella’s legacy.

Damon Dash’s financial issues have been ongoing for years, stemming from lawsuits filed by Christopher Brown and unpaid money owed, primarily tax-related.

According to court docket filings, Dash is required to submit updates on his chapter each six months. He can also be required to inform the court docket instantly if his case reaches some extent the place the keep on enforcement may very well be lifted.

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