Muni Long Wins Fight To Keep Medical Records From Ex-Managers

Muni Long won a fight to keep her medical records private after her former managers tried to obtain files from her 2024 stay at a mental health facility.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Sarah Netburn recently blocked the request. She also barred Ebony Son Entertainment, the company run by Chaka Zulu and Jeff Dixon, from getting the same treatment details by questioning Long herself.

The records fight grew out of a serious accusation from the singer’s team.

Her representatives claimed the managers took her phone and tried to have her committed against her will while she was suffering from a lupus flare-up. Ebony Son denied that account and sued over what it said was a false statement that damaged its reputation.

The company wanted records from Cleveland Clinic Indian River Behavioral Health Center covering Long’s March 2024 admission, diagnosis and treatment. It argued those files offered the best evidence of what happened.

Long, whose legal name is Priscilla Renea Hamilton, had brought her own claim that the managers intentionally caused her emotional distress. But she dropped that claim before releasing any records, restoring her right to keep them private.

Netburn wrote in the five-page order:

“Hamilton’s initial counterclaim for intentional infliction of emotional distress put her mental health at issue and, thus, would have waived her privilege. But Hamilton never released her records before she withdrew the counterclaim, and therefore her privilege was reinstated.”

The case began as a fight over management fees. Ebony Son’s original federal lawsuit sought more than $612,000, including $458,600 in commissions and more than $153,000 in expenses.

The company claimed Long agreed to pay 20% of the gross revenue from work it helped secure or support. It accused her of stopping payments after October 2024, even as she continued earning money from those deals.

Long’s team disputed the debt and said no formal contract existed.

In an early court response, she described a trial management arrangement and discussions about paying 20% of net revenue only from opportunities the managers brought her.

Netburn rejected Ebony Son’s argument that its own lawsuit entitled it to Long’s medical files.

But it left room to question how Long entered the clinic, as long as they did not reveal protected medical information. Netburn wrote:

“Plaintiff may, however, seek non-medical information from Hamilton regarding the alleged defamatory statement and the circumstances surrounding her admission to the Clinic, to the extent it would not pierce her privilege. Thus, Defendants’ motion for a protective order is granted insofar as it seeks information protected by the patient-doctor/psychotherapist privilege, but denied insofar as it seeks non-treatment related information from Hamilton regarding her admission.”

Netburn ordered Ebony Son to send the ruling to the clinic and tell it to disregard the demand for Long’s records.