Three weeks after scoring a no-jail sentence in his Las Vegas shooting case, Blueface was ordered to pay more than $13 million to the owner of the strip club where the October 2022 incident took place, according to the ruling obtained by Rolling Stone.
SG Enterprises, which operated the now-shuttered Euphoric Gentlemen’s Club, sued the “Thotiana” rapper with claims he was a “nuisance” whose unlawful actions caused the business to lose its license.
A judge granted the whopping judgment Monday, noting in his ruling that Blueface — whose real name is Johnathan Porter — failed to oppose the award request by a deadline of Oct. 13.
The judgment covers $12.6 million in lost revenue as well as lease payments of $198,000, outstanding payroll of $84,000, and charges related to everything from insurance and utilities to liquor and trash services, the order states.
Kristina Wildeveld, the lawyer who handled Blueface’s criminal matter, said she couldn’t comment on the judgment Monday.
“We are not representing Mr. Porter on his civil matter. His manager… had indicated that he was handling that on Mr. Porter’s behalf and demanded that we withdraw, so we did so with our client’s consent in late August,” Wildeveld tells Rolling Stone. (Attempts to reach Porter’s manager were not immediately successful.)
According to a summary judgment order signed by Nevada District Court Judge Jacob A. Reynolds on Oct. 21, Porter’s failure to show up and fight the lawsuit “may be construed as an admission” that SG’s lawsuit was “meritorious.” The judge noted that Porter pleaded guilty on June 26 to misdemeanor battery and felony discharging a weapon into a vehicle outside the club.
“The court hereby finds there is no genuine dispute that defendant’s actions on October 8, 2022, substantially and unreasonably interfered with plaintiff’s, plaintiff’s employees and the club’s patrons’ free use and enjoyment of the club,” the ruling states.
Porter, 26, visited Euphoric Gentlemen’s Club on the outskirts of the Las Vegas Airport the day of the shooting and got into an “altercation” with another patron, Kentabious Traylor, inside the establishment, court filings state.
Later, while Porter was standing with his entourage on the sidewalk outside the club, Traylor pulled up in a vehicle, and the fight continued, the paperwork says.
“Defendant removed and discharged a firearm from his person and fired several shots at Kentabious Traylor and may have injured a bystander,” Judge Reynolds’ prior Oct. 21 ruling states.
Porter originally was charged with attempted murder by prosecutors. His criminal lawyer, Wildeveld, said Porter was pleased that the judge stuck to his negotiated plea with prosecutors.
“Mr. Porter is ultimately just looking forward to getting back to focusing on his music career and moving forward with his life,” she said in an Oct. 2 statement.
The sentence followed just a few months after the rapper was charged with felony robbery following an incident where a fan allegedly tried to film Porter’s former partner Chrisean Rock with a cellphone.