Lil Wayne Uses Johnny Depp To Fight His Ex-Lawyer

Lil Wayne is using Johnny Depp to argue why he deserves $20 million dollars from his former lawyer.

According to court documents obtained by The Blast, the rapper has head back to court in the case he brought against his former attorney, Ronald Sweeney.

In the case, he accuses Sweeney of overcharging him for years and taking a huge cut of all his deals. Wayne has claimed Sweeney’s law license was suspended at one point.

In newly filed court documents, Wayne points to a recent victory Johnny Depp scored in court. Depp is suing his own former lawyer for $30 million in a separate ongoing case.

Recently, Depp was able to convince a judge the oral contract he had with his lawyer was invalid.

Wayne is now using Depp's victory from the separate case in court papers, in an attempt to argue why his case against Sweeney should continue on.

Wayne’s motion reads, “Sweeney is pursuing Plaintiff for millions of dollars in additional fees under the voided agreement. But that pursuit is doomed."

He continued, "A California court, in a factually similar and widely-publicized dispute between Johnny Depp and the law firm that represented him since 1999 under an oral contingency fee agreement, has already ruled that once the oral agreement is voided, the attorney’s claim is limited to a reasonable fee under quantum meruit. The court did not find that Depp’s claims expired because he waited too long, which Defendants argue here.”

The rapper is hoping Depp's win in court will convince the judge in his case.

Earlier this year, Lil Wayne sued Sweeney seeking $20 million in damages. He accused his lawyer of overcharging him and taking a 10 percent cut of all his deals instead of the industry standard of 5 percent.

Wayne claimed Sweeney tried to get greedy towards the end and take an additional 10 percent off all his Young Money profits but he shut that down. He also claimed Sweeney didn’t even represent him in the battle with Birdman over the ‘Carter V’, saying he brought in outside counsel, who Wayne said took a 23 percent cut of his Cash Money settlement and 15 percent cut of a separate deal with Universal Music.

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