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Karen Civil’s name has been embroiled in two heated lawsuits this week.
First, comedian and singer Jessie Woo took to Instagram where she shared court documents from her lawsuit against the famed hip-hop marketing consultant for attempting to book her for a fake event by using a “non-existent company” name earlier this year, HITC notes.
The Love & Hip Hop reality star accused Civil of using the bogus company as a way to “obtain personal information” to use against her in an “extortion case for the sum of 3 Million Dollars.” Woo also alleged that the fictitious appearance was created by Civil to “embarrass & intimidate her,” adding that the Superior Court of California sided with her motion to toss Civil’s case.
“I want to thank my attorneys Amanda & Billie. I stand by the court’s decision and I look forward to my check being cut by Ms UnCivil,” Woo wrote on September 17.
In a since-deleted follow-up post, Woo re-iterated the details of the case for clarity.
“Let’s go to school really quick kids. In my precious post I state “Today, ahead of our hearing the Superior Court of California sides with me,” the 33-year-old explained. “Karen’s team tried to make amendments ahead of the hearing and that is when the judge issued her “Tentative Ruling”; basically saying listen, Ive reviewed the case and @KarenCivil hasn’t satisfied what is required to have this case go to trial.” This puts the burden solely on @KarenCivil to prove that I’ve costed her 3 Million dollars. Good luck to her on that… Ms Forbes. What Karen posted is more than a description of a future hearing to take place. I must file a motion for my attorney fees.”
“Most non-lawyers won’t really be able to distinguish these two documents,” Woo continued. “But the doc I posted clearly shows my motion to strike her complaint was GRANTED and I have the right to seek fees. From that, it’s clear that Ms UnCivil sued ME and the complaint she filed has been stricken. The doc she posted is nothing more than a notice describing a hearing to take place in the future.”
After the internet gasped in awe at the allegations pressed forth by Woo, “Ross Capicchioni” rapper Joyner Lucas threw social media goers for a loop when he finally aired out his longtime beef with the Girl I Guess podcast host.
The Massachusetts rapper took to Twitter on September 18 to reiterate his theft claims against Civil.
Joyner said he hired the Always Civil founder for marketing and branding consultation in 2014 when he began developing his rap career. In a series of tweets, Joyner explained that he paid Civil $60,000 for her services, but never received an once of what he was promised.
“I was desperate for help and you knew that. After you was paid you went ghost and didn’t expect me to pop. Here I am,” he wrote in a tweet with an attached 2015 memo, Complex notes.
“After you got the money paid up front, you stopped answering my calls & every time I hit you, you answered the phone with a attitude like I was messing up your day. I sent you hella messages pleading with you to do your job becuz my back was against the wall. You took advantage.”
After you got the money paid up front, you stopped answering my calls & every time I hit you, you answered the phone with a attitude like I was messing up your day. I sent you hella messages pleading with you to do your job becuz my back was againts the wall. You took advantage
— Joyner Lucas (@JoynerLucas) September 18, 2021
Joyner said Civil’s alleged theft caused him serious financial strain, as he had just welcomed his first child at the time of the incident.
“Smh I was broke and down on my last leg bruh,” he tweeted. “That 60k was literally my last effort to help me get on and you stole that from me when my son was born. The media protects you but wrong is wrong. At this time I had like 5k followers.”
The Grammy nominee said that at the time, he was too “afraid to speak up” out of fear that he would be “blackballed” by the music industry.
“I had no idea how this industry Sh*t works and I ain’t want you to drag my name thru the mud so out of fear i stayed 🤐. Until @Mr_Camron spoke up a few years ago on Twitter and then I did.”
After the allegations surfaced, Joyner told fans that Civil and her team demanded that he deleted the accusatory tweets and issue an apology. The rapper shared screenshots between his exchange with Civil and his team, that show the hip-hop strategists’ crew crafting a pre-written apology for him to issue.
“After I spoke up, you had your peoples hit me directly and you tried to threaten me and then tried to make me write this fake ass apology and make myself look crazy to the public eye,” Joyner added.
After I spoke up, you had your peoples hit me directly and you tried to threaten me and then tried to make me write this fake ass apology and make myself look crazy to the public eye. See below attached at @KarenCivil’s text back in 2018 to my business partner. Smh pic.twitter.com/RGOKC5MkdB
— Joyner Lucas (@JoynerLucas) September 18, 2021
Civil released a statement to Ballert Alert vehemently denying Joyner’s allegations.
“It’s easy for him to make broad statements when you aren’t familiar with the backend of business especially Marketing,” she wrote. “Subcontractors were paid including Ravenel Agency, PR, and local Reps (mix show/radio). All parties contracted out on his behalf to execute were paid from the overall budget allotted. When he expressed his unhappiness about not getting VIP access to a NY NBA2K event because he arrived 2 ½ hours prior to the time he was given. Him not being able to reach me the following day during a scheduled personal vacation cause him to be irate.”
Civil’s statement continued:
“His MGMT called me to rectifying the situation after Joyner made his first tweet claims in which I responded we can happily move forward after a public apology was made since he used that same platform to lie about funds being taken from him. I recorded the call just for future circumstances like this. Unfortunately 6 years later, he’s now utilizing a separate disagreement moment to amplify and create a social momentum around himself. He and I both had separate conversations with Charlamagne this morning where he passed on his phone number so we can have a discussion directly, but instead he took to social. Nothing was stolen or taken from Joyner Lucas. Unfortunately, certain artist are under the impression they have 24/7 access to you. That’s not feasible or possible. All work done on his behalf were fulfilled. Subcontractor invoices were made & sent to MGMT Sean MacDonald of Dead Silence CEO. Which my team also kept records for.”
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