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Judge Dismisses Lil Wayne Suit and Orders Ex‑Bodyguard and Lawyer to Pay $29,225

The court said the case must end because the plaintiff refused to comply with discovery orders, prompting terminating sanctions.

Overview

  • A judgment signed Wednesday entered terminating sanctions, dismissed Christian Carlos’s December 2023 lawsuit and made Carlos and his attorney jointly liable for $29,225 plus Lil Wayne’s legal fees.
  • The judge found the plaintiff willfully failed to follow three discovery orders over nearly ten months and made affirmative misrepresentations to the court, leaving the case without required responses.
  • Carlos had alleged that in December 2021 at Wayne’s Hidden Hills home the rapper brandished a semiautomatic rifle, punched him and caused PTSD that required treatment and damages.
  • The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department previously said it investigated a Dec. 1, 2021 verbal altercation in Hidden Hills, while sources close to Lil Wayne have denied the claims and said he did not own a gun.
  • The ruling cancels a planned August trial, shifts the immediate financial burden to the plaintiff and his lawyer, and leaves open the possibility Lil Wayne’s team will seek further legal costs.