Nicki Minaj’s own legal team says it can’t keep working with her. In a filing that has now frozen a $275,000 lawsuit over her 2023 Jingle Ball run, attorney Bruce W. Bieber wrote that “the attorney-client relationship has irretrievably broken down such that continued representation is no longer feasible or appropriate.”
Bieber, of the firm Kurzman Eisenberg Corbin & Lever, asked to withdraw on October 23. He pointed to disagreements over how to handle the case and problems communicating. The firm represents both Minaj and her company, Pink Friday Productions LLC.
New York Judge Leslie A. Stroth responded by hitting pause on everything. Her order, signed October 27 and filed October 28, states that “all proceedings in this matter are stayed” until a hearing on the withdrawal request. AllHipHop obtained the order.
That hearing is set for December 1, 2026, at 10 A.M. in IAS Part 12 at 60 Centre Street in Manhattan. Answering papers are due November 12, with replies due November 23.
If the firm is allowed to walk, the judge built in extra breathing room for the Queen of Rap to find new representation.
“ORDERED, that if Kurzman Eisenberg Corbin & Lever, LLP is relieved as counsel, the stay shall continue for thirty (30) days from service of the entered order with notice of entry, or for such other period as the Court directs, to permit Defendants to retain substitute counsel,” the order reads. So the case could sit idle well past the December date.
The fight itself goes back to December 2023, when Minaj played the iHeartRadio Jingle Ball dates and promoted Pink Friday 2 in New York.
That album marked her long awaited sequel to her 2010 debut, and the promo push around it was a big moment for her fans. The bills from that stretch are what landed her in court.
24/7 Productions (USA) Inc. sued in March, saying it advanced more than $255,000 for production expenses. The company is seeking $275,149.62 plus interest and court costs.
Its complaint brings a contract claim against Pink Friday Productions and an unjust enrichment claim against Minaj personally.
Hotel charges turned into one of the juicier details. AllHipHop previously reported that 24/7 submitted a Langham New York bill totaling $103,730, which included a $9,500 a night suite for seven nights plus four other rooms. The company says it covered those charges.
Minaj’s side tells a very different story. In a July 31 filing, her team said the costs had been approved and that Pink Friday Productions had already paid the bills.
Her lawyers also argued that owning the company doesn’t make Minaj personally on the hook for its debts.
That personal liability question could matter a lot once the case restarts, since it decides how much of this lands on Minaj herself versus her business.
For now, the same lawyers who made that argument are trying to step away. Who picks up the defense, and how quickly, is the next thing to watch.
