Kodak Black has change into the lone goal in a $10.6 million lawsuit over a 2022 taking pictures exterior a Justin Bieber get together after different defendants have been dropped.

Kodak Black is now the one defendant left in a $10.6 million civil lawsuit filed by two males injured throughout a 2022 taking pictures exterior a Los Angeles afterparty hosted by Justin Bieber, with the plaintiffs claiming the rapper instigated the violence that left them and Black wounded.

During a listening to Wednesday in Los Angeles, attorneys for Adam Rahman and Mark Schaefer requested the court docket to declare Black in default, alleging he by no means responded to the swimsuit.

“Kodak has never been served with any lawsuit from California,” Black’s legal professional Bradford Cohen instructed Rolling Stone. “I find it unusual that they’re attempting to sue the very person who was the most injured out of the individuals who got shot.”

The civil trial was initially scheduled to start this month, however the decide has vacated the date.

The plaintiffs argue Kodak Black was the catalyst for the altercation that escalated into gunfire outside The Nice Guy, a West Hollywood restaurant, following a Bieber-hosted Super Bowl weekend occasion in February 2022.

The lawsuit initially named Bieber and the venue’s homeowners as co-defendants, however each have been later eliminated.

In June 2024, a decide dominated the taking pictures was not “foreseeable” by the restaurant, resulting in the dismissal of the company defendants. Bieber was voluntarily dropped from the case shortly after.

Rahman and Schaefer first sought a $62 million default judgment towards Black in November 2023, however the court docket denied the request resulting from inadequate proof of damages.

A revised declare for $10.6 million was additionally rejected final month after the decide mentioned the plaintiffs had not supplied ample proof of their medical bills.

The court docket has not but dominated on the newest default request.

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