DaBaby has been granted a motion by a Los Angeles judge to postpone his upcoming civil assault trial surrounding a 2020 assault, for which he is also facing criminal charges.
According to Radar Online, attorneys for the North Carolina rapper whose born name is Jonathan Kirk, filed a motion last week requesting a delay in his trial with Gary Pagar. Pagar filed a lawsuit against DaBaby in February of 2021, claiming he was assaulted for simply enforcing “basic rental rules” at his North Carolina property, which DaBaby was leasing.
A hearing in the case had been scheduled for April of this year, however DaBaby’s lawyers maintained that they have to give precedent to a criminal case surrounding the same incident over Pagar’s civil suit. In April of last year, DaBaby was charged with felony assault for allegedly punching Gary Pagar during a dispute over an unauthorized video shoot at the man’s home.
The new legal documents filed by DaBaby’s attorneys stated that he “cannot be called to testify in this matter until after his criminal case has been resolved, which will not be until October OF 2023, at minimum”.
The attorneys added: “If the trial date is not continued, [DaBaby] will not be able to respond to discovery or testify without providing information that could potentially incriminate him in the parallel criminal case. The trial date must be continued to protect [DaBaby’s] Fifth Amendment rights”.
The court proceedings surrounding the lawsuit have now been pushed to October 23, 2023.
According to Gary Pagar’s filing, when DaBaby signed a lease for the property in Troutman, North Carolina, he and his management team agreed that no more than 12 people would be on the property at any given time, to comply with COVID-19 restrictions.
On December 2, 2020, Pagar visited the property and discovered upwards of 40 people and a film crew filming a video, which he attempted to shut down by talking to DaBaby. Instead, he says he was attacked and ultimately sucker-punched by the rapper, who knocked his tooth out in the process.
Pagar also alleges DaBaby and his crew fled when police were called and not only stole “valuable kitchenware,” but also left behind thousands of dollars in damage, including a security camera, and didn’t pay the full lease.
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He further stated that he had been spit on and that people tried to keep him from reclaiming his phone. DaBaby’s manager, Kinsza Virgil, was also listed as a plaintiff in the civil complaint.
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