March 28, 2025
Josh Webber received the default judgment after saying he misplaced enterprise primarily based on Sprint making defamatory statements about him on a podcast
In one other defeat for the Harlem-bred entrepreneur, Damon Sprint has been ordered to pay a $4 million default judgment to film producer Josh Webber of their ongoing authorized battle.
In keeping with TMZ, the dispute took one other devastating flip for Sprint when Webber filed one other lawsuit in opposition to the previous Roc-A-Fella label proprietor final yr in April. When the paperwork was filed in a New York Metropolis courtroom, the producer alleged that, as a result of feedback Sprint made throughout an look on the Earn Your Leisure podcast, he misplaced potential enterprise income that may have positioned $4 million in his pocket.
Whereas talking on this system, Sprint expressed to the present’s hosts, Rashad Bilal and Troy Millings, that Webber stole from him as a result of their disagreement over the movie Pricey Frank. Stating that due to the defamatory feedback from the Harlem enterprise proprietor, he misplaced producing and directing enterprise, amounting to $4 million.
Within the papers Webber filed, he acknowledged the video clip from the episode amassed lots of of 1000’s of views and was instructed that because of the reputation of the video, he was knowledgeable that the $4 million provide for the job was canceled as a result of “Sprint’s accusations of theft.”
That is the newest lawsuit filed in opposition to Sprint by Webber. Within the first swimsuit, Webber received a judgment of $805,000, which included curiosity and lawyer charges. The authorized drama stems from a years-long altercation over the film, which Sprint initially labored on however was later faraway from primarily based on allegations of unprofessional conduct on set.
In February, a decide handed Webber a default judgment after the Roc-A-Fella co-founder violated numerous courtroom orders. Decide John F. Walter stated Sprint didn’t observe primary courtroom procedures, together with not submitting key authorized paperwork, dodging a court-ordered mediation, and ignoring deadlines. The decide instructed Webber and his authorized workforce to submit proof of damages brought on by Sprint’s behaviors.
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