Five days after being accused of slapping a woman at a club in Miami, DaBaby faces a lawsuit. On Friday (March 13), Florida-based law firm Morgan & Morgan told XXL that they filed a lawsuit against DaBaby for allegedly slapping a woman named Tyronesha Laws in Tampa, Fla. on March 8. In the statement, attorneys Matt Morgan and Chelsea Cromer condemn DaBaby’s alleged actions.
“Morgan & Morgan has filed a formal lawsuit against DaBaby relating to the incident in Tampa,” the statement reads. “The incident was outrageous and shocking. We have requested a jury trial and look forward to presenting all of the surrounding circumstances to a jury of our client’s peers. Our goal is to deter similar conduct in the future and send a message that this type of behavior is not tolerated in America.”
As previously reported, DaBaby is accused of slapping a woman he says struck him with her phone while he was walking through the crowd at Whiskey North in Tampa, Fla. before a scheduled performance. Video from the incident shows a woman reaching out and pushing her phone into DaBaby’s face with the flash on before the rapper reacts by rearing back and slapping her before continuing to walk.
A TMZ report of the evening says DaBaby was booed out of the venue for the incident and did not perform. The next morning, the rapper addressed the incident.
“I got $10,000 for whoever got a good angle of shawty hitting me in my eye with her phone. $10,000, get at me,” he said in an Instagram video. “Who know shawty name so my lawyer can get active?”
Hours later, he offered an apology.
“I do sincerely apologize, I do,” DaBaby said in another Instagram video. “I’m very sorry that that was a female on the other end of that flashlight, that phone. Keep in mind I couldn’t see.”
Afterward, Laws came forward to say she was the victim and claims she suffered a contusion on her cheekbone (which is a bruise in layman’s terms). However, DaBaby’s attorney Drew Findling told TMZ that the woman is lying and she is not the person who was hit.
— XXL MAG
