Nicki Minaj’s $20 million Los Angeles mansion has been spared by a judge.
TMZ reports that Minaj will not have to sell her home to pay a bodyguard allegedly attacked by her husband, Kenneth Petty, after the bodyguard’s attorney confirmed the judgment has been satisfied.
Paul Saso, the lawyer for former security guard Thomas Weidenmuller, said the rapper agreed to pay in the “eleventh hour.”
“I wanted to make sure we got this right. It was a big thing. I’m glad this was resolved in a way that makes sense for all of the parties,” Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Cindy Pánuco said, per Rolling Stone.
The decision comes in connection with a default judgment awarded to Weidenmuller, who sued Minaj and her husband, Kenneth Petty, over assault allegations. As previously reported, per Rolling Stone, Minaj and Petty were ordered to pay $500,000 to Weidenmuller, who claimed he endured a broken jaw during an altercation he says occurred at a 2019 show in Germany.
At a previous hearing, a judge acknowledged the “extraordinary” nature of forcing the house sale, but explained that this measure was merely a result of Minaj and Petty’s failure to respond.
In a motion viewed by Complex in October, Weidenmuller said he had made multiple attempts to collect on the judgment, albeit unsuccessfully.
“Minaj is a global music superstar, estimated to have a net worth of anywhere between $150-190 million, and is reportedly the highest paid female rap star in the world,” legal reps argued in the October-filed docs. “There is little doubt that she is highly capable of paying the judgment in full and, yet, she has refused to do so despite multiple written requests for payment and levies served upon several of her suspected creditors.”
At the time, it was claimed by Weidenmuller’s legal team that the house boasted roughly “$6 million in equity” when subtracting mortgage and homestead exemption amounts, making its sale “more than sufficient” to satisfy the $500,000 judgment.