Snoop Dogg’s reign over the iconic Death Row Records is facing turbulence yet again, this time in the form of a $107 million legal storm.
Lydia Harris, the ex-wife of original Death Row investor Michael “Harry-O” Harris, has filed a federal motion to halt all use of the Death Row name and assets. Her claim? That a 2005 California court ruling awarding her a $107 million settlement for fraud and misconduct by the label’s former leadership remains unpaid—and that the current ownership, including Snoop, is continuing to profit unjustly.
According to Harris, the company “evaded” the judgment through bankruptcy and strategic corporate shifts. She now accuses the current leadership of engaging in “unjust enrichment,” and is demanding the court establish a “constructive trust” over the label’s assets and enforce successor liability.
Her filing includes $60 million in punitive damages, along with civil RICO allegations for wire and bankruptcy fraud. Death Row’s current legal team has called her actions “bad faith litigation and harassment.”
The dispute casts a shadow over Snoop’s revival of the storied label, which he acquired in 2022 and has since rebranded under his vision.
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