Damon Dash prevented additional authorized bother as a decide dismissed Monique Bunn’s newest try to reopen her failed lawsuit.

Damon Dash scored a courtroom victory in California after a federal decide refused to revive a long-running lawsuit introduced by photographer Monique Bunn over the alleged misuse of her photograph archive.

The decide rejected Bunn’s movement to rethink the case, stating her newest arguments have been no totally different from these already dismissed. The courtroom had beforehand dominated that Bunn didn’t show she suffered any monetary hurt when gadgets she claimed have been taken weren’t returned.

Bunn had requested the courtroom to overturn a jury verdict that discovered she was not entitled to damages. However, the decide said that she introduced no new proof or authorized foundation to justify altering the result.

This last choice successfully renders the lawsuit lifeless, with no compensation awarded to Bunn.

The authorized dispute started when Bunn sued Damon Dash, accusing him of improperly retaining and utilizing over 100,000 of her images. She had labored on a shoot for Dash’s vogue model and later claimed he didn’t pay her and used the photographs with out her consent.

Bunn stated her portfolio included greater than 250,000 photographs and sought $50 million in damages, estimating the worth of every photograph at $1,500.

Dash denied having the images and stated they weren’t on the CDs in query.

In 2023, a jury cleared Dash of sexual assault and conversion claims but found him liable for defamation, awarding Bunn $30,000.

Bunn later filed a movement for a brand new trial, arguing that Dash had acknowledged the worth of the images and that the damages have been vital. The courtroom rejected that movement, saying she failed to supply sufficient proof to assist her claims.

Dash and his lawyer have criticized Bunn’s authorized group, notably her lawyer, Christopher Brown, who has filed a number of lawsuits towards Dash up to now.

Dash is at present selling his newest venture from Freeway & The Black Guns, titled 365.

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