*The holidays may have been a joyous occasion, but Trey Songz spent a bit of it in legal distress over an $11 million default judgment against him.
Referencing court documents obtained by In Touch, Sandra Rose reports the R&B crooner is out to have the ruling tossed out in light of his not knowing it. The judgment stems from a battery lawsuit filed by Maryland Capitol officer Tyrelle Dunn. Dunn accused Songz’s bodyguards of assaulting him in November 2021, when he went to the entertainer’s Las Vegas-based hotel room to pick up his wife.
At the time, Dunn’s wife was among a group of women Songz invited to his room at the Cosmopolitan Hotel to celebrate his birthday. The wife was in the room with Songz when Dunn went to get her.
Dunn, who claimed his wife called him in distress, stated his spouse yelled for help in the call because she was being held against her will. Upon arriving at the hotel, the officer was beaten up by Songz and his security after he refused to leave.
As a result, Dunn sustained multiple injuries, including fractured eye sockets, black eyes, and facial abrasions.
A Las Vegas judge entered The default judgment three years later in November 2024, when Songz was unresponsive to Dunn’s lawsuit. Claims from the “Say Aah” hitmaker point to him not knowing about the default judgment until he read about it on a blog.
Songz’s attorney immediately took action, filing a motion to dismiss the $11 million default judgment because Dunn did not properly serve his client with a summons or copy of the lawsuit. The lawyer went on to reveal that Dunn’s process server illegally handed the summons to the guard at Trey’s gated community.
“Good cause exists to set aside the default judgment because [Tyrelle] did not properly effectuate service of process of the summons and complaint on [Trey] under Nevada or California law. [Trey] did not know about this lawsuit until a few days ago, on November 27, 2024, upon which he promptly engaged counsel and filed this Motion,” Songz’s lawyer wrote.
“[Trey] promptly engaged civil defense counsel over the Thanksgiving holiday and filed this Motion to set aside the default judgment the next week.”
At this time a ruling has yet to be made on the motion to set aside the default judgment. If the judge rules against Songz, it would be a situation where his home, cars, jewelry, and other assets may be seized to satisfy the judgment.
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