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Post Malone Accused Of “Physical Abuse” Of Ex-Girlfriend By Lawyers Who Claim To Have Proof

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Post Malone has been accused of being “physically abusive” to his ex-girlfriend, Ashlen Diaz, by the law firm, Martorell Law, which claims to have photos and text messages proving as such. They shared the claim in court, this week, while suing Malone.

Diaz initially hired the law firm after splitting from Malone back in 2018 while seeking palimony in the breakup. As a part of her deal with Martorell Law, Diaz agreed to pay the firm a percentage of any settlement reached with the rapper. However, the firm claims Malone convinced Diaz to drop them and instead work out a private deal with him. He later paid her $350k to settle the situation. 

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Post Malone At The Grammy Awards

LOS ANGELES, CA – FEBRUARY 10: Post Malone performs onstage during the 61st Annual GRAMMY. Awards at Staples Center on February 10, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic)

In response to Martorell Law’s complaint, Malone argued that he had no control over Diaz and asked the lawsuit to be dismissed. The law firm argues Malone did have control over Diaz, as he allegedly physically abused her during the relationship. “Defendant Diaz, unfortunately, gave in to such duress (as victims often do), to her own detriment, separating her from legal representation she desperately needed,” the firm’s motion reads. “Rather than face accountability, however, Defendant Post downplays his control over his ex-girlfriend, attempting to portray this action and twist this clearly wrongful behavior as somehow akin to a party trying to stifle competition.”

The motion continues: “Put simply, coercion and pressure of one’s romantic partner combined with physical and emotional abuse in violation of the Penal Code, in an effort to deprive that person of competent legal counsel and with the knowledge that the actor is also depriving legal counsel of its attorneys’ fee, constitutes an independent wrongful act.” Malone has yet to comment on the claims. Be on the lookout for further updates on the case on HotNewHipHop.

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Kanye West Finally Dropped By Lawyers

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An NYC law firm successfully served Kanye West documents to drop him as a client after he spent months M.I.A.. Moreover, AllHipHop reported that Greenberg Traurig, LLP successfully cut ties with Ye as of Wednesday (February 1). The firm requested to officialize this process as early as at least November 30. In this new filing, attorney Nina D. Boyajian said they finally presented the documents thanks to some help from the Chicago rapper’s new attorney. Previously, Traurig took out two newspaper ads in California to publicly renounce their relationship and association with Kanye.

LOS ANGELES, CA – OCTOBER 21: Kanye West is seen on October 21, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Rachpoot/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)

“On January 18, 2023, an attorney based in California contacted my firm advising that he would be representing ‘Ye on some of his legal matters,’” she wrote in the court documents. “During the course of several emails and a phone call with this attorney, I requested that he coordinate personal service of the Order on Ye.” Furthermore, Boyajian continued, “On February 1, 2023, the attorney referenced above emailed me the executed Certificate of Service attached hereto as Exhibit A. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the foregoing is true and correct.”

Moreover, they claimed last month that they were unable to locate Kanye to officially sever their ties. In fact, they even requested the courts to recognize a public announcement in the Los Angeles area as sufficient notice. Still, they intended their newspaper ads to contribute to a “multi-prong approach” to get him to notice, and apparently it worked. “Publication of the Withdrawal Order’s contents in two Los Angeles-area newspapers, where Ye appears to reside, will also apprise him of the Withdrawal Order,” the filing read.

However, U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres denied requests to make the separation official. Moreover, she expressed doubt in Greenberg Traurig exhausting all their efforts to contact the rapper directly. The law firm represented Ye in a case against Ultra International Music Publishing over an uncleared Donda 2 sample. Said case stems from a June complaint to a U.S. District Court in New York. It claimed that “Flowers” by Kanye sampled Marshall Jefferson’s 1986 Chicago house classic “Move Your Body” without proper compensation. With or without a legal team, stay tuned to HNHH for the latest on Kanye West.

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