The embattled lawyer was arrested Wednesday morning (June 25) or hitting a course of server whereas allegedly dodging a lawsuit tied to extortion claims.

The lawyer suing Fat Joe, Tyrone Blackburn, was arrested Wednesday (June 25) and charged with second-degree assault for allegedly hitting a course of server together with his automobile whereas attempting to keep away from being served with a lawsuit tied to the rapper.

The incident stems from an April 2025 lawsuit filed by Fats Joe—actual identify Joseph Cartagena—towards Blackburn and Terrance Dixon, his former hype man. The go well with accuses the pair of extortion, defamation and emotional misery after they demanded cash for alleged songwriting and vocal contributions and later threatened to smear Cartagena with disturbing claims.

Based on Cartagena’s authorized staff, Blackburn tried to flee service of the lawsuit by putting the method server together with his automobile. Regardless of the failed escape, the paperwork was efficiently delivered. The arrest, Cartagena’s legal professional Joe Tacopina stated, solely confirms what they’ve lengthy argued.

“Tyrone Blackburn’s arrest comes as no shock to me – it’s simply the newest instance of his malicious and manipulative sample of misconduct lastly coming to gentle,” Tacopina stated. “Blackburn is a humiliation to the authorized occupation and it’s a shame watching him use the court docket system to protect his extortion ways. That is precisely why Mr. Cartagena proactively sued Blackburn and his consumer Terrance Dixon in April as a result of he knew they supposed to attempt to destroy his status by peddling salacious lies.”

The unique demand letter, despatched March 23, claimed Dixon was a “ghostwriter and uncredited vocalist” on Fats Joe’s songs. After being ignored, a second letter on April 21 threatened a lawsuit with inflammatory accusations together with statutory rape, compelled labor and intercourse trafficking.

Following the issuance of a warrant, Blackburn and Dixon filed a retaliatory go well with towards Cartagena.

Blackburn’s authorized ways have drawn scrutiny from the bench. In April 2024, Choose Denise Cote referred him to a grievance committee, writing that he “improperly information circumstances in federal court docket to garner media consideration, embarrass defendants with salacious allegations, and stress defendants to settle rapidly.”

In March, Choose J. Paul Oetken issued a separate order criticizing Blackburn’s filings as “replete with inaccurate statements of regulation” and “full of comparable irrelevant insults, misstatements and exaggerations.”

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