Takeoff’s Estate Resolves Sexual Assault Suit Before December Trial

Takeoff‘s estate will not face the December jury trial over a woman’s sexual assault allegations after reaching a resolution in the six-year-old lawsuit. The agreement leaves its financial terms out of public view, with the formal dismissal still to come.

At Thursday’s Los Angeles court appearance, estate attorney Tamar Yeghiayan told Judge Huey P. Cotton, “A dismissal is forthcoming. It will be filed prior to [Dec. 1],” according to Rolling Stone. Cotton replaced the scheduled jury selection with a status hearing.

Attorneys for both sides declined to discuss the terms with the outlet, including whether the agreement involves a payment. That leaves no disclosed settlement amount attached to the resolution.

The case began in August 2020, when a woman identified as Jane Doe sued over an alleged assault at a June house party in Encino. Her complaint included claims of sexual battery, assault, false imprisonment and emotional distress against the Migos rapper.

Takeoff denied the accusations through his attorney Drew Findling. Los Angeles prosecutors declined to pursue criminal charges in April 2021 because of insufficient evidence, but the woman’s civil lawsuit remained in court.

The estate had been fighting to have the complaint thrown out before a jury could hear it. As AllHipHop previously reported, its October request for dismissal centered on text messages the defense said Doe deleted after bringing the case.

That dispute grew out of her October 14 deposition. Lawyers representing the estate argued that the missing messages deprived them of evidence they needed to defend against her allegations, and asked the court to impose sanctions ending the lawsuit.

Doe’s lawyers disputed the defense’s handling of that evidence issue, arguing that they had never received a preservation notice and that the request for the texts came years into the case.

Takeoff’s mother, Titiana Patrice Davenport, became the estate’s administrator through probate proceedings in Georgia. The litigation continued after the rapper was killed in Houston on November 1, 2022, at age 28, shifting the defense of the claim to his estate.

The woman also filed a $6 million creditor claim against the estate, a demand separate from the undisclosed terms of this resolution.