From AllHipHop
Tyrone Blackburn, the New York lawyer who has taken on Hip-Hop power players including Diddy, T.I. and Fat Joe, says a barrage of trauma, threats and professional attacks has pushed him to step away from his practice.
Blacburn told U.S. District Judge Jamel K. Semper in New Jersey that he is seeking a leave of absence and withdrawing from several pending federal cases.
He is grappling with severe depression, anxiety and sleeplessness after a year marked by personal loss and public pressure.
“Since Labor Day, I have experienced the deaths of four individuals close to me,” Blackburn said, adding that the losses had a “profoundly detrimental effect” on his mental, physical and emotional well‑being.
Those strains, he said, collided with mounting fallout from his work for accusers in headline‑making cases involving some of the biggest names in music.
Blackburn has represented women who accused rapper T.I. and his wife, Tameka “Tiny” Harris, of drugging, sixual assault and other abuse, pressing prosecutors in Georgia and California to open criminal investigations.
He has also filed civil complaints against Diddy for Lil Rod and Fat Joe on behalf of his former hypeman, Terrance “T.A.” Dixon, alleging sexual assault, coercive labor and other misconduct.
Now, Judge Jennifer L. Rochon has ordered Blackburn to explain why he is attempting to ditch his clients and to explain to the court why Fat Joe should not receive sanctions or have the entire case dismissed.
The issue will come to a head in court tomorrow (February 10) – if Tyrone Blackburn shows up.
3 comments:
Fool as a Lawyer
Them zelle transfers went through lol.
Tyrone Blackburn is lucky if he isn't disbarred. He doesn't know what he's doing.
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