Lil Wayne Suing His Ex-Lawyer
Lil Wayne claims that his former attorney, Ronald Sweeney, swindled $20 million from him and now he’s taking him to court to get it back.
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(Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)Lil Wayne claims that his former attorney, Ronald Sweeney, swindled $20 million from him and now he's taking him to court to get it back.
Sweeney was Wayne's lawyer from 2005 till 2018 and charged 10 percent for every deal, which is well above the standard five percent. Wayne also claims that Sweeney tried to get another 10 percent from Young Money profits, but didn't.
Sweeney also allegedly got another firm involved in Weezy's battle with Birdman and when the other firm got their cut, Sweeney got ten percent of that too.
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