Fat Joe faces claims that his ex-hype man and lawyer are getting loss of life threats from his “goons” and are too scared to return to court docket.

A former hype man for Fat Joe and his lawyer say they’re too scared to indicate up in individual for the rap star’s lawsuit, claiming threats have them dodging court docket and pushing for Zoom as a substitute.

Attorney Tyrone A. Blackburn says he and his shopper, Terrance “T.A.” Dixon, will solely do depositions remotely due to what he calls “endless death threats and harassment” that he blames on Fat Joe and his alleged “thugs” and “goons.”

“Mr. Dixon has received endless death threats and harassment from [Fat Joe] and [Fat Joe’s] thugs and goons. These threats are very serious, and Mr. Dixon and I have taken many steps to ensure his
safety.”

Blackburn claims Dixon is getting hit with disturbing Instagram messages, together with one which allegedly reveals Dixon’s aged grandmother strolling out of her constructing alone.

He says different messages carry strains like “You Food we gonna eat” and “Im giving a buck 50 thats my word,” avenue language he frames as critical threats, not simply on-line trolling.

Fat Joe is already suing Dixon, Blackburn and Blackburn’s firm for extortion, defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress over explosive claims they’ve made about him.

According to Joe’s swimsuit, filed in 2025, Blackburn tried to muscle him for hundreds of thousands by spreading what the rapper calls “disgusting lies,” together with that he abused Dixon for years and paid for sex with minors.

Joe says they went public with the allegations in interviews, social posts and podcasts when he wouldn’t pay up and he insists the tales are completely false and meant to smear his name.

Dixon fired back with his own federal case in June 2025, asking for at least $20 million and painting a very different picture of their relationship.

In that lawsuit, he claims Fat Joe pressured him into greater than 4,000 sex acts over 16 years, stiffed him on pay and royalties.

Joe has flatly denied every thing, calling the submitting retaliation and one other transfer in what he says is a calculated shakedown.

Blackburn informed the choose there’s no method it’s secure for him or Dixon to sit down for in‑individual questioning in New York, and says they’ll solely seem by video.

The court docket hasn’t dominated but on whether or not the depositions will go down on Zoom or in individual, however for now, each side are locked in a messy, excessive‑stakes again‑and‑forth that mixes court docket filings with some very ugly allegations and claims of actual‑world hazard.

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