Nicki Minaj is set to lose $20M mansion after backstage attack injures security guard

on December 04, 2025

Nicki Minaj is facing a huge legal setback as a Los Angeles court moves toward seizing her $20 million Hidden Hills mansion. The decision stems from an unpaid judgment owed to former security guard Thomas Weidenmuller, who suffered a devastating injury during Minaj’s concert in Germany. He says a backstage confrontation left him with a shattered jaw that required multiple surgeries and five metal plates.

The judgment against Minaj and her husband, Kenneth Petty, has been hanging over them for months. Despite being ordered to pay more than $503,000 in damages, Weidenmuller claims he hasn’t seen a single dollar. His team says repeated attempts to collect were ignored, pushing them to ask the court for permission to force a sale of her home.

Court filings detail the original lawsuit, which Weidenmuller filed after suffering extensive medical complications linked to the backstage incident. His lawyers say he endured long recovery periods, significant trauma, and staggering surgical costs. When Minaj and Petty didn’t respond to the lawsuit, the court issued a default judgment in his favor.

Minaj’s side hasn’t commented publicly. Documents submitted by Weidenmuller’s legal team suggest she may have blamed a former business manager for mishandling financial matters, but the court still held her responsible for paying the judgment.

At a hearing in November, Judge Cindy Pánuco  made it clear she’s prepared to sign off as soon as one final document arrives: a mortgage statement from Bank of America showing the remaining balance on the couple’s $13.3 million home loan. Once she has that, the sale can officially move forward. The mansion, purchased in late 2022 for about $19.5 million, is now valued at roughly $20 million. After subtracting the mortgage and a standard exemption, the home still carries around $6 million in equity, which easily covers the amount owed.