A California judge granted a woman’s request to substitute late rapper Takeoff’s mother for him in a sexual assault lawsuit.
In the lawsuit, filed in Van Nuys Superior Court, the woman, identified as Jane Doe, alleged Takeoff (born Kirshnik Khari Ball) sexually assaulted her at a house party in Encino, California on June 23, 2020.
On Friday, Judge Huey P. Cotton granted Jane Doe’s motion to name Takeoff’s mother, Titiana Patrice Davenport, as the defendant in the case. In a previous ruling, a Georgia probate judge designated Davenport as the administrator of her late son’s estate.
Doe is seeking $6 million for her pain and suffering.
Takeoff, 28, a member of the Atlanta rap trio Migos, was fatally shot on Nov. 1, 2022, at a bowling alley in Houston, Texas.
Davenport filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Houston bowling alley where her son was killed. But Judge Cotton delayed the proceedings in that case until Doe’s case is resolved.
According to Doe’s lawsuit, Takeoff made several advances that Doe rejected. She later went to a bedroom to lie down, but despite her saying she was not interested, Takeoff allegedly followed her into the bedroom and “forced himself on her and engaged in sexual intercourse.”
It is not clear if Doe filed a police report.
