Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against T.I. & Tiny After Accuser Fails To Follow Court Orders
Written by djfrosty on March 27, 2025
It looks like T.I. and his wife Tiny have scored another legal win in their battle against Sabrina Peterson, as a judge as moved to dismiss her defamation lawsuit against the couple after years of back-and-forth.
According to Rolling Stone, the judge overseeing Peterson’s case against T.I. and Tiny tossed her case against the Harris’ citing “her inexcusable failure to push the case along.” The ruling comes after Peterson failed multiple times to follow court orders, which instructed her to pay the Harris’ legal fees to the tune of $96,000 after much of her original lawsuit was thrown out years ago. Naturally, a $96,000 bill is nothing to sniff at if you’re not a successful business person or celebrity. Peterson insists she didn’t mean to defy any court orders, but simply couldn’t afford to put up that kind of money.
Unfortunately, for her, her lack of resources has led to a judge tossing out the remainder of her lawsuit. The judge has taken notice of Peterson’s bragging about being a baller on her social media account while ducking paying off her court-ordered debt to the Harris family.
Per Rolling Stone:
“There’s a possibility of you going to jail. Anything you say could be used against you,” Los Angeles County Judge Michael Shultz warned Peterson before she was sworn in to explain herself Monday. Peterson said she understood and told the court that the $96,000 award represented half of her annual income, so the only way she could pay it would be if the Harrises let her pay $1,000 a month under a “payment plan.”
At one point during her testimony, Peterson spoke over the judge, drawing a rebuke. “Ma’am don’t interrupt. I listened to you,” Judge Shultz said. “It’s been 17 months and you haven’t paid a dime,” he said, referring to the October 2023 order from a prior judge granting the fees. The same judge issued a follow-up order last October giving Peterson 90 days to satisfy the debt.
“It’s been almost two years since she has defied the original court’s order, and almost a year since she defied the second court’s order,” T.I. and Tiny’s attorney, Andrew Brettler, argued Monday. “The case should be dismissed, and Ms. Peterson should be held in contempt of court. She has shown nothing but disrespect. … She brags about how much money she has online and that she’s never paying this sum to the Harrises. And she has absolutely no respect for the court’s time or its orders.”
After getting chewed out in court and walking away with a massive L, Peterson was surprisingly relieved as the past few years has seemingly weighed on her even though she was the one who brought the lawsuit against T.I. and his wife. Unfortunately, for her, this might be the beginning of another yearslong court battle.
“I’m relieved it’s finally over,” Peterson told Rolling Stone as she walked out of the courthouse. “It’s fine. I’m tired. This has gone on for four or five years. I’m really tired.” In her purse, Peterson had a large envelope that had been handed to her by a process server minutes before the hearing started. Brettler told the court that Peterson had been served with the dueling defamation lawsuit filed against her by T.I. in federal court.
Looks like T.I. is looking for a little justice of his own and given his Hip-Hop history, we’re not surprised.
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