If Damon Dash thought his $25 million chapter would get a lawyer concentrating on him for years off his ass, he was severely mistaken.

Christopher Brown has launched a forceful problem in Florida’s chapter court docket, arguing that Damon Dash’s bid for a monetary reset can’t erase greater than $4.8 million in court-ordered money owed stemming from years of defamation and misconduct.

Brown’s newest submitting outlines a protracted path of authorized defeats that started with a 2022 jury verdict in a case over the movie Dear Frank. That case produced an $823,000 award in favor of director Josh Webber, however issues escalated when Dash made accusations throughout an interview on the Earn Your Leisure podcast.

Dash’s feedback on the podcast price Webber a $4 million directing deal for the film Fast Life, a mission that collapsed after Dash’s remarks unfold on-line. That lawsuit ended with a sweeping default judgment after Dash refused to adjust to repeated court docket orders.

Dash has tried to frame the bankruptcy as a way to breathe, not a sign of surrender. Before Brown’s newest authorized motion over the weekend, Dash mentioned Chapter 7 would freeze the individuals making an attempt to gather from him.

He described the method as a defend quite than a setback, suggesting collectors could be caught on the sidelines whereas the case performed out.

That sentiment got here via clearly when he addressed the scenario on The Art of Dialogue.

“All the people that you owe money to, they’re not allowed to sue you anymore. They’re not allowed to sue you for a certain period of time, cause there’s nothing to collect. This dude Chris Brown, he muddies the waters a lot because he’s a lawyer and he’s intelligent. I’m not going to take that from him. But I think he’s dumb because he just wasted a lot of time. Allegedly. I don’t want to catch another lawsuit. Even though I can’t get sued, I got PTSD, I think,” Damon Dash instructed said_._

Brown and Webber’s newest grievance argues the alternative.

His attorneys say Dash’s actions had been intentional, malicious, and financially damaging, and that the chapter code bars the discharge of money owed arising from willful harm.

The submitting stresses that Damon Dash had already been instructed by a court docket that his statements had been false, but he continued to repeat them publicly, realizing the hurt they’d trigger.

The pushback doesn’t finish with Webber.

Attorney Christopher Brown, who received a separate judgment after Dash accused him of robbing a toddler and being investigated by the FBI, filed his personal nondischargeability motion.

Brown claims Dash hid belongings by shifting possession of his “CEO” clothes model, concealing jewellery, withholding royalties and refusing to reveal his life-story rights, which the lawyer says “should be sold in the same fashion as the rights of another Florida debtor,” the infamous, Casey Anthony.

He additionally factors to a sample of public assaults that started after Dash was sued over copyright and trademark disputes involving Dear Frank and Edwyna Brooks’ Mafietta guide collection. Both adversary circumstances land at a important second for Dash.

If the court docket sides with Webber and Brown, probably the most damaging judgments he faces will survive chapter.

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