Dr. Dre has scored a minor victory in his legal dispute with his former marriage counselor who is suing him for harassment.
Dr. Charles Sophy was employed by Dre and his now ex-wife Nicole in 2018 to mediate the breakdown of their 20-plus-year marriage.
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Earlier this year, Sophy was granted a temporary restraining order against the legendary producer but has now failed to make it permanent, with the judge ruling there is not enough evidence.
Sophy claimed that he feared for his safety, citing text messages from Dre as evidence of violent threats.
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Dre, who does not deny sending the messages which accuse Sophy of malpractice, says that the texts contained no threats. The judge ultimately agreed with him and terminated the restraining order.
Sophy made a number of wild claims in his lawsuit including that Dr. Dre sent fake FBI agents to his him in an attempt to intimidate the therapist.
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“Rather than treating the mediation process as an opportunity for healing, [Dre] decided to take his frustrations about the mediation out on Dr. Sophy — frustrations that manifested themselves in the form of a nearly year-long sustained campaign of late-night texts, threats of intimidation and violence, and homophobic rhetoric,” the suit reads.
The lawsuit seeks $10 million in damages.
Dre immediately hit back at the claims and accused Sophy of being racist, an allegation he denies.
The N.W.A co-founder also accused Sophy of suing him as retaliation to him filing a complaint to California’s Osteopathic Medical Board for misconduct.
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“In gross violation of all applicable standards of care, Dr. Sophy inserted himself into a contentious divorce while he simultaneously ‘treated’ not only Mr. and Mrs. Young, but their children,” Dre’s lawyer said in a statement.
“He was terminated when it was revealed that he was encouraging one of their children to take sides against Mr. Young, even encouraging his son to go to the press with false allegations in order to force a financial settlement that he recommended.
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“Dr. Sophy has consistently rebuffed Medical Board attempts to investigate these claims, but has now filed this desperate suit while the noose of the Medical Board is tightening.”
