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Nicki Minaj sues a gossip blogger for defamation.
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In a lawsuit for defamation, Nicki Minaj names gossip blogger “Nosey Heaux”
American rapper, singer, and songwriter Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty, known professionally as Nicki Minaj has filed a defamation lawsuit against a gossip blogger.
The Trinidadian-born rapper has sued blogger and podcaster “Nosey Heaux,” for allegedly calling her a cokehead.
In a recent video, Nosey Heaux—real name Marley Green—is said to have called Minaj a “cokehead” who was “shoving all this cocaine up her nose.”
Minaj responded by saying the video is defamatory. According to the lawsuit, the video had 260 retweets, about 2,000 likes, and “vile comments” about Minaj’s son, as reported by TMZ.
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The lawsuit also alleged that Nosey Heaux was acting under direction from an unnamed rival of Minaj, “mistakenly believing that she and [Minaj] are stars of equal stature,” in a “hopeless effort to advance her career” at Minaj’s expense. Minaj, is suing for $75,000 claiming that she has never done cocaine.
Speaking to Pitchfork, Minja’s lawyer Judd Burstein, attorney for Nicki Minaj, said “Marley Green is a disgrace—someone so lacking in fundamental decency that she has posted vile comments about Nicki’s 1-year-old son.
When this case is over, she will no longer be permitted to use the name “Nosey Heaux” because we will take her trademark from her when she does not have enough money to pay the judgment. Anyone else who spreads lies about Nicki will suffer a similar fate. My marching orders are to aggressively sue anyone with a media or social media following who damages her with intentional lies. Eventually, the lesson will be learned.”
Greem has yet to publicly address the lawsuit, other than to tweet via her @noseyheauxlive account, “Nicki Minaj lied @TMZ,” and to share a link to an article about it.