Lil Peep’s mom, Liza Womack, has reached a settlement within the multi-million greenback wrongful loss of life lawsuit that stemmed from her son’s deadly drug overdose in 2017.
Womack filed the lawsuit (relating to obligation for Lil Peep’s loss of life) towards the rapper’s administration and label companies firm, First Entry Leisure. Per Pitchfork, a discover filed in Los Angeles County Superior Courtroom on Friday (February 17) outlined that Womack had settled the wrongful loss of life lawsuit with the corporate, although phrases of the settlement stay undisclosed.
“Liza has been indefatigable in her pursuit of justice for her son,” Womack’s lawyer Paul Matiasic stated in an announcement to Pitchfork. “With the conclusion of the litigation, her focus will shift to shepherding his legacy and persevering with to launch his music for the enjoyment of his followers.” The courtroom submitting states the settlement was reached on February 14, simply weeks forward of the case’s scheduled begin trial date of March 8.
Womack first introduced the case towards First Entry in 2019, accusing the corporate – together with former supervisor Brian “Chase” Ortega and tour supervisor Belinda Mercer – of wrongful loss of life, negligence and breach of contract regarding Lil Peep (actual title Gustav Elijah Åhr). First Entry Leisure denied any wrongdoing in 2019.
An announcement shared to Lil Peep’s Instagram on Friday stated that “from at the present time ahead, his music will likely be within the care of his mom and brother, and nobody else.” The put up – accompanied by and picture of Peep, Womack and Peep’s brother Karl Åhr – continued: “It’s a solemn second for us as we replicate on the struggles of the previous 5 plus years. We’re grateful to all the followers, buddies, professionals, and household who stood by us.”
The settlement bookends a flurry of developments within the Lil Peep case lately. In an extra elaboration of their denial, First Entry Administration declared in a 2020 assertion that they “didn’t management or have the fitting to regulate Mr. Ahr’s private life, together with his drug use,” and that the rapper “selected to take the medicine that killed him”.
The next 12 months, Womack vowed to proceed searching for “justice for Gus”, saying she’d proceed her efforts to search out “folks to be held accountable for his or her behaviour.” Months later, Womack alleged that First Entry leisure owed her $4million (£3million), with Matiasic claiming the corporate was “denying her royalty income that they know she’s owed”.
Final 12 months, a choose upheld Womack’s claims of wrongful loss of life and negligence, rejecting First Entry Entertinament’s try to dismiss the case. The choose maintained that Womack’s claims of untrained medical personnel on the tour bus and the absence of enough “life-saving apparatuses” remained viable.
Lil Peep died on the age of 21 on November 15, 2017. The reason for loss of life was dominated a month later as an unintentional overdose of fentanyl and Xanax.
