Fat Joe accuser drops rape, child trafficking and RICO claims
The former hype man for Fat Joe has dropped his rape, child trafficking, and RICO claims against the rapper.
Terrance Dixon, who worked with Joe for 16 years, filed an amended complaint in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on March 26th.
According to XXL, the lawsuit still stands with a focus on unpaid wages, copyright ownership, fraud, and forced labour.
In a statement, Joe’s lawyer, Jordan Siev, said, “From the outset, we have always maintained that Terrance Dixon and Tyrone Blackburn’s claims about Mr Cartagena [Fat Joe] were nothing more than an elaborate shakedown to extract money from him.”
He continued, “Their decision to now voluntarily amend Mr Dixon’s complaint – removing all allegations involving transporting of minors, statutory rape and RICO – and recast this matter primarily as a financial dispute about royalties and wages allegedly owed only reinforces that the allegations were baseless and that Mr Cartagena is the one being targeted.
Siev said that it’s “exactly why Mr Cartagena took the proactive step of filing a lawsuit against both of them in April 2025 and shedding light on their extortion scheme.”
In his lawsuit, filed in June 2025, Dixon asked for $20 million in damages, accusing Joe of “coercive labour exploitation, financial fraud, sexual manipulation, violent intimidation, and psychological coercion.”
In response, Joe described the allegations as “disgusting lies,” writing on Instagram, “I’ve never let anyone on the streets extort me, so how would I ever let a crooked attorney and a coward ex-hype man extort me?? I’m from the Bronx! Mr Tyrone Blackburn attorney at law since you want the clout, we will finish you in court.”
He added, “The time of lawyers using their law license as a badge to extort people and destroy families with no evidence is over!! I’m not the one!! You’ve messed with the wrong one this time!!”