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Dr. Dre Asks Judge to Toss Doctor’s $10 Million Harassment Lawsuit
Dr. Dre asked a L.A. judge to dismiss the $10 million civil harassment lawsuit filed by a psychiatrist who worked on his divorce, In Touch can exclusively report.
According to court documents obtained by In Touch, Dre (real name: Andre Young) denied all allegations of wrongdoing in the lawsuit brought by Dr. Charles J. Sophy.
Dre, 59, argued that Charles is not entitled to damages.
The music mogul’s lawyer argued, “[Charles] did not exercise ordinary care, caution, and prudence in connection with the transactions and events that are alleged in the complaint.”
He added, “[Charles’] lack of care, caution, and prudence were independent and unrelated to any of [Dre’s] actions.”
Dre’s lawyer continued, “Moreover, [Charles] directed, ordered, approved, or ratified the wrongful acts alleged in the complaint. [Charles] is therefore barred from recovery against [Dre], or, alternatively, any recovery should be proportionally reduced.”
The musician asked that Charles not be awarded a dime and he be ordered to pay his legal fees. The legal drama started in October when Charles filed his complaint.
He claimed that he was retained by Dre’s then-wife, Nicole Young, to mediate their divorce in 2018.
Charles said he worked “fairly” to help the parties resolve their disputes.
He claimed that, “rather than treating the mediation process as an opportunity for healing, [Dre] decided to take his frustrations about the mediation out on [him] — frustrations that manifested themselves in the form of a nearly year-long sustained campaign of late-night texts, threats of intimidation and violence and homophobic rhetoric (e.g.’ ‘You’re a b-tch,’ ‘Cat got your tongue?’).”
Charles said that Dre and his ex settled their divorce in 2021.
He said he ceased all communication with Dre. He said Dre continued to send him text messages that he believed were harassing and threatening.
One alleged text dated April 25, 2023, from Dre to Charles read, “Hey doc, of whatever the f–k you’re pretending to be. Just know this. I’m not going anywhere until you explain to me why you tried to talk [redacted] into saying negative things about me to the media. You’re a piece of s–t!!!”
Another message read, “[Redacted] told me something disturbing. You’re going to have to pay for that.”
Charles’ lawyer said Dre threatened to ruin his professional and falsely accused him of encouraging a third party to ruin Dre’s name.
His suit read, “Given [Dre’s] status as a powerful and influential Hollywood figure and his public and well-documented history of violence and abuse, [Charles] reasonably believed that [Dre] was capable of carrying out his threats and causing physical harm, violence, or death to [Charles].”
Charles said he had to install security cameras and hire private security at his house due to the threats. The lawsuit demanded $10 million in damages along with unspecified punitive damages.
On top of the lawsuit, Charles filed a petition to obtain a restraining order against Dre. He asked that the court order Dre not to contact or come near him. Charles was granted a temporary restraining order.
Dre denied threatening Charles in any matter. In response to the restraining order petition, Dre’s lawyer denied any of the language used by Dre in the texts amounted to a “credible threat of future violence.”
The rapper also denied he played a role in fake FBI agents showing up to Charles’ home. At a hearing on the matter, the judge denied Charles’ request to turn the temporary order into a permanent restraining order. The temporary order was dismissed after the judge found there was not enough proof to warrant a restraining order.
The civil lawsuit is ongoing.
