Megan Thee Stallion has decided to press on with her suit against her former label, 1501 Certified Entertainment, and is upping the proverbial ante by issuing a subpoena to her ex-best friend’s current boyfriend, who also works for the label.
Court documents obtained by Radar Online reveal that the Houston Hottie’s attorneys aren’t buying the label’s claim that Kelsey Harris’s boyfriend, Darien Smith, doesn’t work for the label. As a result, the “Hot Girl Summer” rapper has issued a subpoena to demand that Smith be deposed before trial starts on August 7.
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Megan Thee Stallion is of the belief that Smith has important information that could aid in her case against the Carl Crawford-owned label — and as part of the discovery process, she wants him to turn it over.
She’s alleging that 1501 Certified Entertainment conspired with Harris — who was once Megan’s best friend, but who fell out with her after the Tina Snow rapper was shot by Tory Lanez — to create a diss track, a claim which the label is categorically denying.
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Last month, 1501 and its label head, Carl Crawford, filed a motion denying the Houston hottie’s claims that they’ve been employing Darien Smith at their label.
Rather, Crawford is claiming that Smith works as an independent contractor of sorts — someone who manages one of 1501’s artists, but who is otherwise not employed by the label.
Furthermore, 1501 and Crawford claimed that the “Hot Girl Summer” rapper has “Darien Smith” confused with “Darrian Smith,” who is a completely different person altogether.
“The allegations that 1501 has ‘maliciously collaborated’ in a ‘campaign to disparage [Megan]’ are as ludicrous as [Megan’s] refusal to listen to 1501 when it told her long ago that she was after the wrong Darien Smith,” the label said, per the outlet.
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“The label said it has never refused ‘to produce a corporate representative’ to testify regarding its publishing claim. Instead, 1501 has repeatedly asked [Megan’s] counsel to articulate what testimony [Megan] is seeking so that it might present an appropriate witness.”
What’s more, 1501 and Crawford have told Megan Thee Stallion’s attorneys that they’ll need to subpoena “Darien Smith” personally, since they only employ “Darrian Smith.”
The Houston Hottie first filed a deposition demand and a motion to compel against her former best friend and assistant, Kelsey Harris, on May 31.
