A federal judge has cleared the way for a public auction of Damon Dash’s business assets.
In an order issued Wednesday, U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert Lehrburger ruled that creditors may proceed with selling property tied to Dash’s company, Poppington LLC, even though Dash filed for personal bankruptcy in September with more than $25 million in debt.
The ruling stems from disputes with entertainment financier Christopher Brown, who has secured multiple judgments against Dash, including $850,000 tied to the “Dear Frank/The List” film fight and a $4 million defamation default judgment over comments Dash made on the Earn Your Leisure podcast.
According to court filings, he owes roughly $19 million in back taxes, including $8.7 million to the IRS and New York State, $9.65 million to the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, $5.79 million to Los Angeles County and $3.5 million to the state of New Jersey.
In the court documents observed by AllHipHop, the items on the block include film rights, copyrights and other business holdings. These items have already been turned over to the U.S. Marshals Service.
“Enforcement proceedings are not stayed as to Defendant Poppington LLC,” Judge Lehrburger wrote, adding that auctions may also move forward for any Dash assets that were assigned to the Marshals before Sept. 4, 2025. “Assignment is a transfer of ownership.”
Dash’s personal enforcement proceedings are paused for now under bankruptcy rules, but the corporate sale can go ahead, the court found, because those assets were already in the government’s hands.