R&B singer Trey Songz is pleading with a judge to toss out an $11 million default judgment in a battery lawsuit. According to court documents, obtained by In Touch, Trey, 40, begged a judge to set aside the default judgment in a lawsuit filed by Maryland Capitol officer Tyrelle Dunn.
Dunn accused Trey’s bodyguards of assaulting him when he went to Trey’s Las Vegas hotel room to pick up his wife in 2021.
The incident happened in November 2021 when Trey invited a group of women to his hotel room to celebrate his birthday. Dunn later went to the Cosmopolitan Hotel to pick up his wife who was in the room with Trey.
Dunn claimed that his wife called him in distress and yelled for help because she was being held against her will.
When Dunn arrived at the hotel, Trey and his security beat up the Maryland cop after he refused to leave. Dunn sustained multiple injuries including fractured eye sockets, black eyes, and facial abrasions.
In November 2024, a Las Vegas judge entered an $11 million default judgement when Trey failed to respond to the lawsuit. But Trey claimed he didn’t know about the default judgment until he read about it on a blog.
Trey’s attorney insists Dunn did not properly serve Trey with a summons or a copy of the lawsuit. The attorney immediately filed a motion to dismiss the $11 million judgment.
“Good cause exists to set aside the default judgment because [Tyrelle] did not properly effectuate service of process of the summons and complaint on [Trey] pursuant to Nevada or California law. [Trey] did not know about this lawsuit until a few days ago, on November 27, 2024, upon which he promptly engaged counsel and filed this Motion,” Trey’s lawyer wrote.
The singer’s lawyer continued, “[Trey] promptly engaged civil defense counsel over the Thanksgiving holiday and filed this Motion to set aside the default judgment the next week.”
The lawyer said Dunn’s process server illegally handed the summons to the guard at Trey’s gated community.
The judge has yet to rule on the motion to set aside the judgment. If the judge rules against Trey, his home, cars, jewelry and other assets may be seized to satisfy the judgment.
