{"id":50783,"date":"2025-11-04T01:05:40","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T01:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/04\/offset-allegedly-assaulted-guard-at-cannabis-dispensary-lawsuit-says\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T01:05:40","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T01:05:40","slug":"offset-allegedly-assaulted-guard-at-cannabis-dispensary-lawsuit-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/04\/offset-allegedly-assaulted-guard-at-cannabis-dispensary-lawsuit-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Offset Allegedly Assaulted Guard at Cannabis Dispensary, Lawsuit Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/offset\/\" id=\"auto-tag_offset\" data-tag=\"offset\">Offset<\/a> is facing a new lawsuit from a security guard who claims the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/migos\/\" id=\"auto-tag_migos\" data-tag=\"migos\">Migos<\/a> rapper struck him in the face during a confrontation outside a cannabis dispensary in Los Angeles last March.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe incident allegedly took place at the MedMen dispensary near LAX Airport, the lawsuit filed Oct. 29 and obtained by <em>Rolling Stone<\/em> claims. The plaintiff, Jim Leobardo Sanchez, says he was lawfully performing his job duties when he asked Offset, whose legal name is Kiari Cephus, for his personal identification to enter the store.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cWithout legal justification or provocation, defendant Cephus became hostile, verbally confrontational, and physically attacked plaintiff by striking him in the face,\u201d the seven-page complaint signed by lawyer Michael T. Karikomi reads. \u201cSeveral unidentified individuals who were accompanying defendant Cephus then proceeded to grab, push, and further assault and batter plaintiff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tSanchez claims he suffered injuries that left him in \u201cimmediate and severe pain.\u201d He says he developed headaches and neck pain and was treated by paramedics at the scene before he was transported by ambulance to a local hospital. Sanchez says he continues to experience \u201cpersistent headaches, neck pain, and related symptoms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tAttempts to reach a spokesperson for Offset were not immediately successful on Monday. The complaint is not the first time Offset has been sued with claims of assault and battery in Los Angeles County.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tDaveon Clark <a data-id=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/offset-sued-battery-security-guard-complexcon-california-1234872246\/\" data-type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/offset-sued-battery-security-guard-complexcon-california-1234872246\/\">sued Offset in November 2023<\/a>, alleging the musician assaulted him outside ComplexCon in Long Beach on Nov. 7, 2021. Clark said he was working as a security guard, attempting to block an entrance due to overcrowding inside, when Offset and another artist allegedly struck him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tClark claimed he suffered \u201csevere bodily injuries\u201d from the attack and \u201cwill continue to suffer physical pain\u201d as well as \u201csevere emotional, mental, physical and nervous pain and suffering.\u201d In a recent filing, Clark and his lawyers said their repeated attempts to locate and serve Offset had failed, so they asked for permission to serve the lawsuit through publication in the <em>Atlanta Journal-Constitution<\/em> newspaper. The judge denied the request and set a hearing on the matter for Nov. 17.<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tBoth guards are seeking compensatory and punitive damages to be determined at trial. They each sued with claims of assault, battery, and intentional infliction of emotional distress.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cPlaintiff suffered physical injuries, emotional distress, incurred medical expenses, suffered lost income and continues to experience pain and discomfort,\u201d the new lawsuit filed by Sanchez reads.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/offset-migos-lawsuit-alleges-assault-la-medmen-dispensary-1235459047\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Offset is facing a new lawsuit from a security guard who claims the Migos rapper struck him in the face during a confrontation outside&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":50784,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pop","article","has-excerpt","has-avatar","has-author","has-date","has-comment-count","has-category-meta","has-read-more","thumbnail-"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50783\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}