*Roc Nation CEO Desiree Perez has accused her daughter, Demoree Hadley, and son-in-law, Javon Hadley, of masterminding a defamatory online campaign to pressure her into a $10 million settlement.
As All Hip Hop reports, in a Monday filing (August 18) in a Miami federal court, Perez’s legal team described the couple’s actions as a “ruthless” attempt to tarnish her reputation using fabricated evidence and social media bots.
Hadley’s lawsuit against Perez alleges her mother misused Florida’s Baker Act and Marchman Act to wrongfully detain her in psychiatric facilities for weeks, despite negative drug tests. Hadley also claims Perez fabricated domestic violence stories to disrupt her marriage. Perez’s attorney, Barbara A. Martinez, countered that the Hadleys filed false claims, including allegations of Perez’s ties to a Mexican drug cartel and planting a surveillance device, later revealed as a toy part.
Perez’s motion cites recorded jail calls where Javon Hadley allegedly said, “We’re gonna make her settle. It’s a payday,” indicating a plan to leverage the lawsuit and media for financial gain. Hadley admitted in interviews to using social media to target Perez, stating, “Perez cares about her image.”
Martinez noted, “Millions of ‘JusticeForDemoree’ related posts and reposts have flooded social media propagated by bots and content creators known to be paid for negative posts and false narratives. The posts are meant to incite, harass, and encourage others online to engage in a brutal hate campaign against Ms. Perez.”
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Perez insists her actions were driven by concern for her daughter’s safety. Martinez stated, “Ms. Perez’s sole motivation at all times has been to rescue Ms. Hadley from a situation in which she was being beaten, coerced, and abused by Mr. Hadley. There are recordings of at least two instances of Mr. Hadley physically assaulting Ms. Hadley. The Hadley Team is fully aware of what these recordings depict. It is disingenuous (but crucial to their false narrative) to pretend that this evidence does not exist or claim (without support) that the evidence was somehow doctored and simply ignore the domestic abuse that led to the actions taken by Ms. Perez, Ms. Hadley’s extended family.”
A judge has ordered the Hadleys to remove their social media posts about the case. Perez is seeking dismissal of the lawsuit, deletion of all related online content, a ban on the Hadleys contacting influencers, and coverage of her legal fees.
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