Lil Wayne Wins Judgment in Security Guard Lawsuit
A judge has ordered a security guard and his legal counsel to pay Lil Wayne $29,225, in addition to the Grammy-winning artist’s legal fees, following the dismissal of a lawsuit that accused the rapper of striking the man while brandishing a firearm.
According to a judgment signed Wednesday and obtained by Rolling Stone, the plaintiff, Christian Carlos, and his attorney are now jointly liable for the monetary sanctions. The court’s decision follows an April ruling in which the judge determined that the plaintiff had repeatedly failed to adhere to court orders, ultimately leading to the termination of the lawsuit and the cancellation of a trial that had been scheduled for August.
“The court is granting terminating sanctions because plaintiff willfully refused to comply with three discovery orders over nearly ten months, made affirmative misrepresentations to the court about compliance, and has still provided no responses as of April 21, 2026,” the judge stated in the ruling. Representatives for both Lil Wayne and Carlos did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The legal battle began in December 2023, when Carlos filed suit alleging that the musician, born Dwayne Michael Carter Jr., pointed a semiautomatic rifle at him and struck him in the ear during an altercation at the rapper’s residence in Hidden Hills, California. The lawsuit claimed that the incident caused Carlos severe emotional distress, including Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and resulted in significant medical expenses and lost wages.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department previously confirmed it had investigated a verbal altercation involving a security staffer and an adult male who allegedly “brandished a firearm” on December 1, 2021, at the Hidden Hills address. While the department did not explicitly name Carter in its initial statement, the inquiry was launched in response to a request regarding the rapper. At the time, sources close to Carter denied the allegations, asserting that the incident never occurred and that the rapper did not own a firearm.
