Rapper T.I. & Wife Tiny Slam Ex-Friend Over $100,000 Debt

It is pay me my money season, as Rapper T.I. and Tiny are back in court over another money-related matter!

The couple is asking the judge to sanction their former friend, Sabrina Peterson, for failing to meet her payment deadline, and they want it fast.

Rapper T.I. and Tiny’s court case comes weeks after they recorded a huge monetary win involving the theft of their intellectual property by a toy-making company.

The celebrity couple asked a Los Angeles Superior Court judge to hold Peterson in contempt for failing to obey the court order on the repayment of the $100,000 sum owed them.

The couple added that she should be found in contempt and sanctioned $1,000 daily until she refunds the $96,000 the court ordered her to pay in legal fees.

“Despite this court’s repeated orders that Sabrina pay T.I. and Tiny their statutory attorneys’ fees and costs, Sabrina has continuously and willfully refused to do so,” their attorney wrote.

The lawyer noted that her “blatant noncompliance with the orders not only demonstrates a disregard for the authority of this court but also imposes an unfair and ongoing financial burden on T.I. and Tiny.”

The legal counsel explained that the couple has been forced to “expend additional resources to recover the attorney fees to which they are rightfully entitled.”

Peterson leveled seven allegations against T.I. and Tiny, but the appeal courts dismissed five of the seven cases and ordered you to pay fees due to the judgment.

Per In Touch, the court awarded the couple $96,000 in legal fees in October 2023, and she was given a timeline to fulfill a payment, which she still needs to do.

The famous duo were previously dragged to court by Peterson in 2021 for defamation, invasion of privacy, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and numerous claims.

She stated in the lawsuit that the reality stars opened her up to threats after she publicly accused him of sending her death threats. Peterson claimed that the rapper pulled a gun on her in the middle of an argument with his assistant.

The allegations also included claims of abusing women. Tiny rose to her family’s defense by uploading a picture of Peterson’s son with T.I. and wrote:

“Hold up… So you want your abuser to train your son… now when did you say my husband assaulted you? Did you change your mind or change it back?… Everybody know you been special. Please Get help.”

T.I. and Tiny rounded up their four-year-long battle with M.G.A. Entertainment on September 23 after the jury found the company guilty of violating the intellectual property rights of the couple’s famous teen pop group, O.M.G. Girlz.

The Blast gathered that the company was ordered to issue a massive $71 million payout, including $17.9 million in compensatory damages and $53.6 million in punitive damages. 

The drama between the parties began in 2020 when the toy company released the “L.O.L. Surprise! O.M.G. dolls,” which T.I. and Tiny focused on during the weeks-long trial. The couple argued that seven dolls had an identical appearance to their O.M.G. Girlz.

The couple noted that the dolls allegedly copied the band’s appearances from “very specific public events,” including a resemblance to Tiny’s oldest daughter, Zonnique Pullins. Their arguments convinced the jurors, who found M.G.A. guilty of infringement.

Right before their big money win, The Blast shared that a woman identified as Jane Doe claimed the couple sexually assaulted her in a hotel room in 2005 in a lawsuit.

She recalled meeting the couple at a club when she was just 22 years old and a member of the Air Force. The rapper allegedly offered her a drink and invited her to their Los Angeles hotel room, where things became weird as soon as they arrived.

The victim claimed their body language changed, and T.I. began giving her “instructions for how the remainder of the night was going to go.” She became paranoid and figured she had been drugged after experiencing dizziness while in the shower with the couple.

The plaintiff reiterated that she “did not consent to any of the sexual assault or misconduct and did not have the capacity to consent after being drugged by Defendants.”

She added that the couple’s actions caused “severe emotional, physical, and psychological injury, including humiliation, shame, guilt, economic loss, economic capacity, and permanent emotional distress.”

Months before his victory in September, the rapper caught a federal tax lien on June 13, 2024, covering a backlog of two years.

The document showed that the “No Mediocre” rapper owed $383,512.45 for 2021 and $2,142,360.73 for 2022, bringing his debt to $2,525,873.18. The new lien drama comes 9 years after he settled millions in back taxes for two years in 2015.

Will there be another big money win for Rapper T.I. and Tiny again within a few weeks?