Judge denies Dr Dre’s request to throw out $10 million harassment lawsuit
Dr Dre appeared in Los Angeles County Superior Court this week as he attempted to throw out a harassment lawsuit against him. His former psychiatrist, Dr Charles Sophy, sued the NWA rapper for $10 million in October 2024.
Sophy claimed Dre subjected him to a “systematic and malicious” barrage of “unbearable harassment” through text messages, resulting in him wearing a bulletproof vest and fearing for his life. Dre tried to get rid of the suit but was denied by Judge Mark H. Epstein on March 27th.
When he sent the first messages, Dre said he intended to pursue his “legal options” with a medical board complaint. “It looks like a bunch of angry [messages] and I don’t see how they further the process of a medical board complaint,” the judge said. “He’s just hurling insults.”
According to Rolling Stone, Sophy was Dre’s family therapist and mediator during his 2021 divorce from his ex-wife, Nicole. Dre claims he sent the texts to Sophy because he found malpractice.
“I discovered that Sophy had attempted to poison my relationship with my son, including by urging him to disclose my financial records to the media as part of his attempts to pressure me into settling my divorce on unfair terms,” Dre said in January.
He added, “I used strong language, at times rough, because I was deeply upset about his unethical conduct and was serious about my warnings to him that I would pursue my legal remedies.”
Dre called Sophy a “bitch” and a “piece of shit” and told Sophy he was “going to have to pay” for his alleged interaction with his son. He also told him that he had “fucked up” and “fucked with the wrong one.”
His lawyer, Jackson Trugman, stated his client was “trying to hold the doctor accountable for alleged misconduct and seeking an explanation and an apology.”