Lil Peep’s mom, Liza Womack, has reached a settlement within the multi-million greenback wrongful demise lawsuit that stemmed from her son’s deadly drug overdose in 2017.
Womack filed the lawsuit (concerning obligation for Lil Peep’s demise) towards the rapper’s administration and label companies firm, First Access Entertainment. Per Pitchfork, a discover filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Friday (February 17) outlined that Womack had settled the wrongful demise 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 continuing to release his music for the enjoyment of his fans.” The court docket 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 Access in 2019, accusing the corporate – together with former supervisor Brian “Chase” Ortega and tour supervisor Belinda Mercer – of wrongful demise, negligence and breach of contract referring to Lil Peep (actual title Gustav Elijah Åhr). First Access Entertainment denied any wrongdoing in 2019.
An announcement shared to Lil Peep’s Instagram on Friday stated that “from this day forward, his music will be in the care of his mother and brother, and no one else.” The put up – accompanied by and picture of Peep, Womack and Peep’s brother Karl Åhr – continued: “It is a solemn moment for us as we reflect on the struggles of the past five plus years. We are grateful to all of the fans, friends, professionals, and family 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 Access Management declared in a 2020 assertion that they “did not control or have the right to control Mr. Ahr’s personal life, including his drug use,” and that the rapper “chose to take the drugs that killed him”.
The following 12 months, Womack vowed to proceed searching for “justice for Gus”, saying she’d proceed her efforts to seek out “people to be held accountable for their behaviour.” Months later, Womack alleged that First Access leisure owed her $4million (£3million), with Matiasic claiming the corporate was “denying her royalty revenue that they know she’s owed”.
Last 12 months, a decide upheld Womack’s claims of wrongful demise and negligence, rejecting First Access Entertinament’s try and dismiss the case. The decide maintained that Womack’s claims of untrained medical personnel on the tour bus and the absence of ample “life-saving apparatuses” remained viable.
Lil Peep died on the age of 21 on November 15, 2017. The reason for demise was dominated a month later as an accidental overdose of fentanyl and Xanax.