Lydia Harris reignited her authorized struggle over Death Row Records by demanding Snoop Dogg cease utilizing the model till her $107 million judgment is paid in full.

Lydia Harris is taking her decades-long combat over Death Row Records to federal court docket, asking a choose to dam Snoop Dogg from utilizing the label’s title and belongings with out settling a $107 million judgment she received practically 20 years in the past.

Harris, the ex-wife of Michael “Harry-O” Harris, filed a movement demanding that Snoop’s firm, Death Row Records LLC, be held financially chargeable for the unpaid 2005 award.

That judgment, issued by a California state court docket, found that Death Row Records Inc. and former CEO Suge Knight committed fraud and malicious misconduct. The ruling included $60 million in punitive damages.

Snoop acquired Death Row’s belongings in a 2022 chapter sale and relaunched the label underneath a brand new LLC.

Harris claims the deal was made with out her data or approval, violating her authorized rights and enriching Snoop’s firm at her expense. She is asking the court docket to impose a constructive belief on the model and apply successor legal responsibility to the brand new entity.

The authorized battle goes again to the early days of Death Row.

In 1989, Harry-O allegedly invested $1.5 million to assist launch the label in change for a 50% stake. When the corporate exploded within the Nineteen Nineties, Harris filed swimsuit 2002 on his behalf whereas he was incarcerated.

That lawsuit led to the huge 2005 judgment, however the Harriases by no means obtained a dime. Ownership of Death Row changed hands several times before Snoop acquired the brand.

Harris now accuses the present possession of utilizing chapter and company maneuvering to dodge the court docket’s order. Her newest movement additionally consists of civil RICO allegations, claiming wire fraud and chapter manipulation have been used to keep away from cost.

She’s searching for declaratory and injunctive reduction to cease any additional use of the Death Row title till the judgment is resolved.

Adding one other layer to the battle, Harry-O—who was granted clemency by President Donald Trump in 2021 after serving over 30 years in jail—is now working because the chief working officer of Snoop’s model of Death Row.

Snoop’s authorized workforce has pushed again, arguing the case is just too previous and accusing Harris of “bad faith litigation and harassment.”

The federal court docket has not but dominated on Harris’s movement.

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