After Nicki Minaj and Kenneth Petty were sued for his alleged assault of a security officer in 2019, the plaintiff is now trying to enforce a previous verdict that awarded him over $500,000 in damages.
PEOPLE found that Thomas Weidenmuller, the security guard allegedly assaulted by Petty at Minaj's Frankfurt, Germany, concert in 2019, filed a memo of costs after judgement and a writ of execution against them on Sept. 6 and Sept. 13 for $526,110.74.
Minaj's lawyers didn't respond to PEOPLE's request for comment. Rolling Stone, VIBE, and NME reported in March that a judge awarded a default judgement after the pair failed to reply to a lawsuit alleging Petty broke Weidenmuller's jaw at the Frankfurt event.
Weidenmuller apparently argued with Minaj at the defence of a security team member, causing Minaj to throw her shoe at him before Petty hit him, according to Rolling Stone.
Rolling Stone reported that Weidenmuller first wanted $21,000 for medical bills and $700,000 for injuries and emotional distress. The judge awarded Weidenmuller $503,318 under a default judgement after narrowing those estimates.
Minaj and Petty's apparent inaction in Weidenmuller's complaint certainly led to the $503,318 default judgement. When a defendant does nothing, the court enters a default judgement.
Weidenmuller appears to be trying to execute the earlier verdict using a court-issued writ of execution, which allows the plaintiff to force a possession judgement. The writ usually orders law enforcement to take and sell the defendant's non-exempt property to pay off the debt.
Last year, Petty had other legal troubles. A Los Angeles federal judge sentenced him to 120 days of house arrest after being caught on video "making threatening remarks towards a specific individual while in the company of someone with a criminal record," a probation violation.