Busta Rhymes' Accuser Wants Defamation Lawsuit Against Him Thrown Out

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Dashiel Gables sued Busta for $6 million accusing him of assault and office abuse, Busta filed a defamation swimsuit in response.

Dashiel Gables, a former assistant to Brooklyn rapper Busta Rhymes, has accused the recording artist of submitting a retaliatory lawsuit towards him in an try and silence him. Gables initially filed a lawsuit towards the previous member of the Leaders of the New Faculty. He’s requesting that Rhymes’ swimsuit towards him be dismissed.

Based on AllHipHop, Gables is asking the choose to throw out the defamation swimsuit that Rhymes filed in October, which the rapper filed as a countersuit to Gables’ lawsuit accusing Busta of assault and office abuse. The previous assistant claims the lawsuit was filed solely as a result of he was exercising his “constitutional proper to petition for redress of grievances.”

Gables filed the paperwork on the U.S. District Court docket for the Japanese District of New York and labeled Busta’s swimsuit as a “retaliatory Strategic Lawsuit Towards Public Participation,” or SLAPP.

He needs the court docket to not solely dismiss Busta’s counterclaim completely, but in addition award him legal professional charges and impose sanctions on the “Gimmie Some Extra” rapper for what he claims is a “frivolous and retaliatory counterclaim.”

His attorneys additionally mentioned, “Reality is an absolute protection to defamation underneath state and federal legislation.”

Gables initially filed a $6 million lawsuit towards Busta after claiming that the rapper/actor punched him within the face whereas the 2 had been arguing on Jan. 10, 2025, within the foyer at Busta’s Brooklyn residence. He acknowledged that, after working with him between July 2024 and January 2025, he was fired following his report of the incident to the cops.

He has since claimed that since he was terminated, Gable has suffered emotional misery, unpaid wages, {and professional} blacklisting.

After Gables reported the alleged crime, Busta turned himself in after expenses had been filed, and he was charged with third-degree assault.

Busta has denied the allegations and offered an announcement to the media outlet.

“I've been made conscious of the claims made by Dashiel Gables, and I fully and categorically deny these allegations,” Rhymes mentioned in a written assertion. “For a really transient interval, Dashiel assisted me, but it surely didn't work out. Apparently, Dashiel has determined to answer being let go by manufacturing claims towards me in an try and assault and harm my fame.”