Damon Dash Faces $7M Lawsuit for Defamation

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Filmmaker Josh Webber claims that the co-founder of Roc-A-Fella Records has cost him $6 million deal because of comments the former made online.

March 18, 2019

AceShowbiz - Producer/director Josh Webber is suing music mogul Damon Dash for comments he made that allegedly cost the filmmaker a $6 million (Â£4.5 million) deal.

Webber is suing Dash for defamation and believes the rap boss owes him $7 million (Â£5.2 million) for remarks he made online.

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According to court documents obtained by The Blast, the filmmaker claims he lost a $6 million investment on a project "which specifically references the actions of Dash as the reason the contract was terminated".

Webber also claims to have lost another $275,000 (Â£206,500) gig and he is also suing Dash on behalf of his company, Muddy Water Pictures, a dollar for each of the music producer's 535,000 Instagram followers.

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