Damon Dash is facing another major legal and financial blow. Following last year’s court-ordered auction of his Roc-A-Fella shares to pay off creditors, a federal judge has now ordered the sale of his film studio and streaming network.
The ruling comes after years of legal battles with author and filmmaker Edwyna Brooks. Brooks sued Dash in 2019, accusing him of distributing a film adaptation of her Mafietta book series without permission. She won a $78,289 judgment against Dash in 2020, but Dash refused to pay. Instead, he filed a countersuit—one that he eventually lost.
Brooks claims Dash has actively avoided payment and funneled his earnings through shell companies, including The Dash Group and Poppington LLC. As a result of mounting interest and legal fees, she says the unpaid debt now totals nearly $100,000.
With previous attempts to collect—including the forced sale of his Roc-A-Fella shares—yielding limited results, Brooks returned to court and asked that Dash’s remaining assets be liquidated. The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York granted her request, appointing a receiver to oversee the sale of assets owned by The Dash Group—a business the court says is 100% owned by Dash’s wife, Raquel Horn.
Horn has now been ordered to sell her ownership interest in the company, which controls several of Dash’s key projects. These include the America Nu streaming network, the CEOByDash website, and the children’s book Dusko Goes To Space.
This marks another significant chapter in Dash’s ongoing financial troubles, as once-promising ventures are now being dismantled by court orders to satisfy debts.
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