Nicki Minaj has reportedly been sued for assault, battery, and "intentional infliction of emotional distress" by her former tour manager, Brandon Garrett.
Minaj's tour manager alleges that the rapper assaulted him backstage at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit last April after her show during her Pink Friday 2 tour. Brandon also claims that Nicki threatened to ruin his career and berated him in front of others.
According to PEOPLE, "Attorneys for Garrett claim in the complaint that the tour manager was on his way to the arena when Minaj's head of security, Larry Dathan, texted him, asking him to speak with Minaj (real name Onika Maraj) in her dressing room."
"Garrett alleges that eight people from Minaj's staff were present in the dressing room, including another employee named Luke Montgomery. He claims Minaj began to complain about some of the staff members "not knowing what they are supposed to do, and who reports to who," when she turned her attention to Montgomery, asking what his position was, according to the court documents, per the outlets."
According to PEOPLE, "Mr. Montgomery explained that his duties entailed tasks like venue dressing room set-up, private jet set-up, hotel room set-up, quick change room refreshments and tour bus set-up," the suit states, per Variety. "Mr. Montgomery mentioned these duties were in addition to any requests from [Minaj] communicated by [Garrett], including food orders, drinks, personal items, baby items, and, most notably, prescriptions."
"Garrett claims that he told Minaj that he asked Montgomery to pick up the prescriptions because he was busy with tour responsibilities, including assisting Minaj with costume changes during her concerts."
"In the complaint, Garrett alleges that Minaj then became "visibly upset" and "angrily screamed" at him, telling him: "Are you f------ crazy having him pick up my prescription? You have lost your f------ mind and if my husband [Kenneth Petty] were here, he would knock out your f------ teeth. You're a dead man walking. You just f----- up your whole life, and you will never be anyone, I'll make sure of it."
"Minaj also allegedly yelled at Montgomery, and asked him to look through his phone to find the exact medications that he had picked up for her, the outlets reported, citing the documents. Garrett claims that Minaj then turned her attention back to Garrett and "got very close to his face." "At this point, [Minaj] open-handedly struck [Garrett] on the right side of his face, causing his head to swing backwards as his hat flew off his head," the complaint states, per Variety. Attorneys for Garrett also state that he was hit in his right wrist, leaving it "throbbing."
Minaj's former tour manager alleged that after the incident in Detroit, he was told he would not be working with the star on her next tour stop. It's unclear how long Garrett and Minaj worked together.
This story will be updated.
This article obtains information from PEOPLE.
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