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Nelly Says Lawyers Must Be Punished for Filing ‘Frivolous’ Lawsuit Over ‘Country Grammar’

Nelly wants penalties assessed over what he and his attorneys call a "frivolous" lawsuit over "Country Grammer" filed by an ex-St. Lunatics bandmate.

Freundlich says that if Ali’s attorneys ( Gail M. Walton and Precious Felder Gates) had done “even the barest factual investigation and legal research,” they would have found fatal flaws in the lawsuit — most notably that it was filed years after the statute of limitations had expired. With the June 2000 release of Country Grammar — which spent 5 weeks atop the Billboard 200 — Nelly broke away into a solo career that later reached superstar heights with his 2002 chart-topping singles “Hot in Herre” and “Dilemma.” In November, Ali’s attorneys filed an updated version of the lawsuit listing only him as a client and vowed to fight on: “While others may have chosen to withdraw, his dedication to his artistic legacy and his rights as a creator remains unwavering,” Felder Gates said in a statement to Billboard at the time.

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