Mary J. Blige won a victory in court with the dismissal of a lawsuit filed against her by Misa Hylton.
In the $5 million lawsuit that Hylton filed in April 2025, she accused Blige of attempting to ‘coerce’ rapper Vado into terminating his management agreement.”
Hylton also alleged that Blige “wanted to sign Vado – with her company, Beautiful Life Productions”, and “sabotaged” her professional relationship with the rapper.
Blige accusded Hylton of harrassing her in July 2025. She also desribed the lawsuit as “frivolous.”
On Tuesday, Judge Phaedra F. Perry-Bond granted a motion to dismiss the case in New York City, according to Billboard.
Perry-Bond said that Hylton never responded to Blige’s request to dismiss, which led to the case being dropped.
”The court in no way condones parties filing lawsuits claiming millions in damages based on inflammatory accusations, only to have those very same parties abandon their allegations when faced with a motion to dismiss and sanctions,” Perry-Bond wrote.
Perry-Bond did “decline Blige’s request to penalize Hylton for filing the case.” The application can be revived at a later date.
”Plaintiffs and their counsel shall consider this a warning to refrain from engaging in similar patterns of behavior in the future,” she added. “This written warning may serve as weighty evidence on a future application for sanctions if plaintiffs and/or their counsel continue to engage in similar bad faith litigation tactics.”
Nicholas Ramcharitar, Hylton’s attorney, spoke about why his client decided to forego the lawsuit. She received threats after testifying during Diddy’s sex trafficking trial last year. Hylton and Diddy dated in the early ’90s and share a son Justin Combs.
”We do not at any point take lightly the filing of any matter lightly. Especially with the claims set forth in this prior suit,” Ramcharitar said.
Before the lawsuits, Blige and Hylton were friends for almost 40 years. Hylton is credited with curating Blige’s iconic fashion style.