Celebrity blogger Tasha K defeated Bishop Lamor Whitehead in a $360 million lawsuit on Tuesday, August 6, 2024. The legal conflict started when Tasha K blogged about Whitehead’s controversy and made some allegations against him.
In her blogs, Tasha K joked that Whitehead had only $10 in his possession when he bought a $2 million mansion. As a result, Whitehead threatened to sue her for defamation after these incidents.
Later, in June 2023, Whitehead filed a lawsuit against her and requested $360 million in damages. He made the filing for invasion of privacy and slander. He asserted that the gossip blogger was fabricating stories about him.
Tasha K made multiple allegations against Bishop Lamor Whitehead
Real estate investor and self-described Bishop Lamor Whitehead is currently involved in a legal dispute with YouTuber Tasha. The bishop filed a $360 million lawsuit against the YouTuber, claiming that she defamed and slandered him.
The lawsuit came after Tasha K made some allegations against the Bishop. These allegations include the claim that Lamor Whitehead attempted to use the blogger as leverage to frighten a witness in a criminal case, used $10 to purchase a $2 million mansion, and transferred a church’s building to himself.
In addition, Whitehead accused Tasha K of making fraudulent claims about the purchase of the church. Tasha allegedly claimed that when the church was purchased, Whitehead knew the proprietors. He instructed the owners to transfer the deed into his name, and he would take care of the financing, as the owners needed the church refinanced but lacked the credit.
She further asserted that after the transaction was executed, Lamor Whitehead drove the owners off the land during the procedure. According to Whitehead, Tasha K also asserted that his assets were frozen and the government was going to GAG him. Whitehead then claimed Tasha K’s statements were false.
According to Whitehead’s subsequent allegations, Tasha K alleged that the rapper Foxy Brown was Whitehead’s connection and has been “helping him with his so-called credit card fraud.”
The Bishop further said Tasha K went on to claim that Foxy Brown gave him the signals to pull off the fraudulent actions. Tasha K’s show’s producers, Yelen Entertainment, swiftly refuted the accusations, claiming that numerous statements were “fair and true” and were therefore exempt from defamation lawsuits.
They also contended that most of the contested claims are opinions, future-speculative statements, or the use of ambiguous or exaggerated language.
Later, the well-known YouTuber won the lawsuit in a New York court on Tuesday, August 6. The North Carolina Beat was informed by sources that Tasha K is immune from Whitehead’s lawsuit due to her 2011 Chapter 7 Bankruptcy filing in Maryland.
Lamor Whitehead first filed the lawsuit on June 6, 2023, and then on July 10, 2023, it was moved to the Eastern District of New York. He requested $100,000,000 in punitive or exemplary damages for each of the three counts of defamation, slander, and right of privacy, in addition to $20,000,000 in actual damages on each of those counts.
The sources further stated that once the case was transferred from New York State Court to the Eastern District of New York Federal Court, he continued with his lawsuit despite Tasha K filing bankruptcy.
Several lawyers supported Tasha K in her legal battle, including Ballard Spahr from their New York office, Atherton Galardi Mullen & Reeder, PLLC, bankruptcy attorney The Van Horn Law Group, and Florida First Amendment Rights attorney.
AllHipHop claimed that in the end, the judge decided in Tasha K’s favor. The judge determined that her remarks qualified as fair report privilege. They also pointed out that some remarks were presumably true and did not qualify as “defamation.”
Nevertheless, following the loss, Lamor Whitehead or his representatives have yet to say anything about the whole situation.
Edited by Ivanna Lalsangzuali
