Yo Gotti lost his appeal to have a $6.6 million judgment against him vacated on Monday.
Earlier this year, a judge awarded the multi-million dollar payout to manager Michael Terry, who claims Gotti stiffed him on a planned collaboration with the North Carolina rapper Young Fletcher. Terry said Gotti refused to sign the appropriate paperwork that would allow the song to stream on Spotify and Apple Music. He also accused Gotti of attempting to finesse Fletcher over to his own record label. Gotti failed to appear to defend himself, so Judge Todd Burke ruled in favor of Terry, tripling the $2.2 million in damages because he believed Gotti engaged in deceitful business practices. That got Gotti’s attention, and he appealed the judgment and finally showed up in court this week. Gotti argued he wasn’t technically served because a security guard intercepted the paperwork from the Forsyth County Sherriff’s Officer who attempted to deliver it to him at one of his shows. The judge didn’t care for that excuse and upheld the $6.6 million.
