Birdman Beats Lil Wayne Tour Bus Driver's Lawsuit

Birdman no longer has to defend himself against a driver’s decade-old lawsuit over the shooting of Lil Wayne’s tour bus. A Georgia judge dismissed him and Cash Money Records from the case Tuesday.

The ruling comes down to evidence connecting the defendants to the 2015 attack. According to TMZ’s report on the order, the judge found that Birdman wasn’t in Georgia that night.

The judge also found that driver Alvin Lewis failed to “identify any admissible evidence that Bryan Williams or Cash Money Records were involved in the bus shooting,” TMZ reported.

Lewis has spent years seeking compensation for what he says the shooting cost him. His lawsuit alleged the attack left him fearing for his life and caused continuing physical and emotional injuries, along with lost wages.

The judge noted that neither bullets nor shrapnel struck Lewis. The driver nevertheless maintained that the experience caused lasting harm, making his claims about injuries part of the civil dispute.

The case was still drawing courtroom arguments this summer. AllHipHop previously reported on Young Thug’s attorneys challenging the tour bus lawsuit during an August appearance in Cobb County.

That hearing concerned allegations that Young Thug and Birdman arranged the attack after Wayne left an Atlanta concert.

Those were Lewis’s allegations, and Tuesday’s reported decision removes Birdman and Cash Money from his pursuit of damages.

Lewis brought claims including assault and battery, breach of contract and intentional infliction of emotional distress. He filed the lawsuit about ten years ago, following the 2015 shooting.

The judge directed the court clerk to remove Birdman and Cash Money Records as defendants.