Overview
- Snoop Dogg’s LLC filed a motion for summary judgment on May 20–21 seeking dismissal from the wrongful-death suit over Drakeo the Ruler’s December 2021 backstage stabbing.
- The court papers assert the company did not sign venue or licensing agreements, did not hire security, and had no operational control of the Once Upon a Time in L.A. festival.
- Earlier this month the Major League Soccer club LAFC reportedly won its own summary judgment in the same litigation, narrowing the list of civil defendants.
- The LAPD criminal investigation into Drakeo’s killing remains open with no public arrests, though reporting says investigators have identified potential suspects.
- If the court grants more summary judgments, the civil case will shrink to fewer defendants but any dismissal would not affect the separate criminal probe or the family’s call for accountability.