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Dame Dash is once again facing serious legal heat. The Roc-A-Fella Records co-founder has been ordered to appear in federal court in Manhattan after failing to submit ownership documents tied to a $4 million defamation judgment.
According to court filings made public July 14, Dash missed a July 10 deadline to hand over key certificates proving ownership in several businesses and copyrights. Without those, the U.S. Marshal’s Office can’t move forward with auctioning off Dash’s assets to help cover what he owes.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert W. Lehrburger called out Dash’s latest move — or lack thereof — as part of a “pattern of non-compliance and delay.” The judge has now set a firm court date for July 31 at 10 a.m. If Dash fails to show, there’s a real chance a warrant could be issued for his arrest, alongside added financial penalties.
This legal battle isn’t new. It stems from a long-running dispute with producer Josh Webber over the film Dear Frank. Back in 2019, Dame Dash was removed from the project but allegedly continued promoting it as if it were his. A court sided with Webber in 2022, ordering Dash to pay $805,000 in damages for copyright infringement and defamation. That judgment also pointed to Dash skipping mediation, missing deadlines, and not filing the right paperwork — a theme that’s clearly continuing.
Then, in 2025, things escalated when Dash caught another $4 million judgment. That one was over comments he made on the Earn Your Leisure podcast, where he called Webber a “d—head” and accused him of theft. Webber claimed those remarks cost him a major directing deal reportedly worth $4 million — the court believed him.
For now, Dash has until the end of the month to show up and explain himself. If not, the next chapter in this saga might involve U.S. Marshals doing more than just waiting on paperwork.
