Snoop Dogg and Ice Cube are charged with fraud worth over a million dollars.
According to a new report from American weekly published on October 20, the rap icons are pushing back hard against the lawsuit, avoiding a lengthy statement scheduled for this month.
Snoop and Ice Cube — members of the hip-hop supergroup Mount Westmore — filed legal papers in August asking a judge to block their planned depositions in a $1.3 million lawsuit filed by Westside Merchandising LLC.
The company alleges that Snoop, 53, Ice Cube, 56, and their other Mount Westmore bandmates — Too Short and E-40 — failed to complete a merchandise deal tied to a planned 60-date tour that never materialized.
In their August filing, the rappers’ lawyers called the company’s deposition request “intimidating, oppressive and burdensome,” insisting their clients had nothing “substantial” to add to the lawsuit.
Snoop said he was filming a movie at the time, while Ice Cube took on commitments with his Big3 basketball league. Too Short and E-40 said they were not even parties to the agreement between Mount Westmore and Westside Merchandising.
Westside, meanwhile, is demanding sanctions, claiming the couple is holding out and refusing to return the $1.375 million it advanced for the tour. The company said Mount Westmore played just three shows in 2022 and none since.
Attorney Frank Seddigh, who represents the group, said this We weekly on October 20: “Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, E-40 and Too Short… have always conducted their business in good faith and with integrity.”
He added that Westside’s claims are “completely baseless and baseless.”
A judge has yet to rule on the impeachment dispute.
