Damon Dash Ordered To Appear In Court Or Potentially Face Jail Time
Damon Dash has been ordered to appear in court or face the risk of arrest. As exclusively reported by AllHipHop, the 54-year-old previously failed to submit ownership documents tied to a $4 million judgment. U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert W. Lehrburger issued the summons after Dash and his Poppington LLC did not show up for a court date earlier this month.
The new deadline for the New York native to submit documents proving their ownership in several businesses and additional copyrights is July 31. According to the report, the documentation is necessary for the U.S. Marshal to sell the assets at public auction to satisfy the aforementioned judgment.
Judge Lehrburger noted a “pattern of non-compliance and delay,” and ordered Dash to appear in person to provide an explanation.
Record producer Damon Dash attends a special screening of “The Wrestler” hosted by The Cinema Society and Entertainment Weekly at the Tribeca Grand Screening Room on December 8, 2008 in New York City.
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Earlier this year, the judge warned that the Hip-Hop mogul could face serious legal consequences as he continued to defy court orders. His attorneys recently filed a motion to withdraw, explaining their inability to persuade him to comply with the court’s orders. Dash has allegedly refused to turn over records of his assets.
He reportedly informed his legal team that doing so would be “futile” and insisted that they “wait for the bankruptcy process” to resolve the issue.
The $4 million judgment was issued to Josh Webber in March 2025, after Dash claimed that Webber “stole” from him while speaking on the Earn Your Leisure podcast. Webber claimed to have missed out on potential business totaling $4 million in a producing and directing job due to the commentary.
Webber and Dash’s feud stems from a long-standing dispute over the film Dear Frank. According to the original lawsuit filed in 2019, the Roc-A-Fella Records co-founder was hired to help co-direct Dear Frank in 201, however, was fired from the set for inappropriate behavior. Webber claimed that after Dash was ousted from the project, he continued to promote and attempt to sell the movie despite not having the proper ties.
