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\n\tAzealia Banks<\/a> was a no-show at a final status hearing on Tuesday ahead of a May 5 bench trial to determine how much she owes her former manager, Jeff Kwatinetz, after a court found her liable for stalking, defamation, and civil extortion, among other claims.<\/p>\n \n\tLos Angeles County Judge Brock T. Hammond signaled that the trial, which may last only one day, will proceed with or without Banks\u2019 participation, though he asked Kwatinetz\u2019s lawyer to send the \u201c212\u201d artist notice. During the Tuesday hearing, the lawyers said Kwatinetz and his model-actress wife, Natalie Loren Kwatinetz, plan to testify in person.<\/p>\n \n\tKwatinetz first sued Banks in 2020, dismissed the case amid what he described as extensive negotiations, and then filed a new lawsuit in September 2021, asserting largely the same claims for stalking, defamation, contract interference, and civil extortion. He alleged that Banks\u2019 2014 album, Broke With Expensive Taste<\/em>, was a financial failure because she refused to promote it and engaged in what he called \u201cself-defeating acts.\u201d He claimed she further launched a \u201cterrifying\u201d smear campaign against him<\/a>, threatening his family, posting photos of herself outside his Los Angeles home, and inciting her fans. He said she also falsely accused him of running a Ponzi scheme and of involvement in the death of his former girlfriend, the actress Brittany Murphy.<\/p>\n