American rapper Nicki Minaj sued for physical assault by former employee

American rapper Nicki Minaj has been slapped with a lawsuit over alleged assault battery and ldquointentional infliction of emotional distressrdquoThe charges have been pressed by a man who alleges the Grammynominated rapper struck him in the face during a confrontation reports lsquoVarietyrsquoIn a complaint filed Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court Brandon Garrett claimed he was working as a daytoday manager for Minajrsquos Pink Friday 2 tour when Minaj real name Onika Maraj hit him multiple timesAs per lsquoVarietyrsquo the altercation allegedly occurred backstage at the Little Caesars Arena in Detroit on April 21 following one of Minajrsquos concertsIn a statement shared with lsquoVarietyrsquo Minajrsquos lawyer Judd Burstein widely denied these allegations and denounced an original report of the complaint from TMZldquoAt this time no complaint has been served upon Mrs Petty Minajrsquos husband is Kenneth Petty and therefore we are unaware of the specific allegationsrdquo Bernstein shared ldquoHowever if the lawsuit is as reported by TMZ it is completely false and frivolous We are confident that the matter brought by this ex assistant will be resolved swiftly in Mrs Pettyrsquos favorrdquoAs per the lawsuit Garrett was on his way back from an errand Minaj requested when he received a text message from her head of security Larry Dathan Dathan allegedly told Garrett that Minaj wanted to see him in her dressing roomWhen he arrived Garrett says eight members of Minajrsquos staff were present including Dathan another employee named Luke Montgomery and her former manager Deb Antney Garrett states Minaj began to complain about the staff ldquonot knowing what they are supposed to do and who reports to whordquo when she turned her attention to Montgomery asking what his position wasldquoMr Montgomery explained that his duties entailed tasks like venue dressing room setup private jet setup hotel room setup quick change room refreshments and tour bus setuprdquo the complaint read ldquoMr Montgomery mentioned these duties were in addition to any requests from Minaj communicated by Garrett including food orders drinks personal items baby items and most notably prescriptionsrdquoGarrett explained he had Montgomery pick up the prescriptions because he was occupied with tour responsibilities including assisting Minaj with quick changes during performancesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever