Nicki Minaj accused of assaulting supervisor in lawsuit

Nicki Minaj’s former supervisor has accused the rap celebrity of berating and hitting him a number of instances whereas she was on tour in Detroit.

In a lawsuit, Brandon Jovan Garrett alleged that Minaj, 42, whose actual identify is Onika Maraj, assaulted him April 21 after a live performance at Little Caesars Enviornment in Detroit.

The lawsuit, filed Friday in Los Angeles County Superior Courtroom, accuses Minaj of assault, battery and intentional emotional misery. Her firm, Pink Persona Inc., can also be named as a defendant.

An lawyer for Minaj didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark Monday.

Garrett, who described himself as Minaj’s “day after day manger,” says within the swimsuit that on April 21, whereas he was on his manner again from shopping for ice cream that Minaj requested, her head of safety summoned him to her dressing room.

Minaj was within the room with the pinnacle of safety and 5 different members of her workforce and was upset about the best way jobs have been being dealt with amongst her staff, in response to the swimsuit.

A member of Minaj’s workforce then requested Garrett why one other worker was choosing up her prescriptions. Garrett mentioned he had another person choose up the prescription as a result of Minaj wished it instantly and he was busy helping her within the dressing room throughout performances, the swimsuit says.

Minaj grew to become enraged by Garrett’s solutions and response, the lawsuit says. Garrett’s response provoked her “rage” much more, and he or she started yelling expletives at Garrett, the lawsuit says.

Minaj known as Garrett loopy and mentioned that he had misplaced his thoughts and that if her husband was there, “he would knock out” his enamel, it says.

“You’re a useless man strolling. You simply f—– up your entire life and you’ll by no means be anybody, I’ll be sure of it,” the lawsuit says Minaj informed Garrett.

Minaj bodily attacked Garrett, the lawsuit says, “open-handedly” placing him “on the suitable facet of his face, inflicting his head to swing backwards as his hat flew off his head.” The lawsuit alleges she hit him on his proper wrist, inflicting him to drop paperwork he was holding, earlier than she kicked him out of the room.

Garrett then locked himself in a rest room for hours as a result of he feared for his security, the swimsuit says.

The following morning, Garrett obtained a textual content saying he wouldn’t be driving the tour bus from Detroit to Chicago, he mentioned within the swimsuit.

Garrett mentioned within the lawsuit that he known as Detroit police from the airport and was informed he must file a police report in individual.

Garrett returned to Detroit and filed a police report earlier than he returned residence to Los Angeles, in response to the lawsuit.

Detroit police confirmed Monday that Garrett filed a report. Police mentioned a warrant request had been despatched to the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Workplace.

The prosecutor’s workplace mentioned in a press release Monday that the warrant was denied due to “inadequate proof to show {that a} crime has been dedicated.”

The swimsuit alleges that Minaj “abused her place of authority” and “berated, threatened, used profanities, and violently struck” Garrett a number of instances. Her actions have been finished “with intent to trigger extreme emotional misery” or with aware disregard to the chance Garrett “would endure extreme emotional misery.”

He’s looking for a jury trial.