Overview
- In a Feb. 3 filing, G-Unit Books asked a Manhattan judge to grant its default-judgment motion and deny Shaniqua Tompkins more time to answer.
- G-Unit alleges Tompkins breached a 2007 life-rights deal by discussing her relationship in interviews and online videos, and seeks at least $1 million plus legal fees.
- The suit was filed in July 2025; after no response by the deadline, the company moved for default in October, and Tompkins’ counsel appeared in December.
- Tompkins has sworn she signed under duress after an alleged threat from the late Chris Lighty and says she was not fully paid the promised $80,000.
- G-Unit counters that she previously treated the agreement as valid and that the $40,000 she received was an advance toward a book that was never completed; the court has not ruled.