{"id":8428,"date":"2025-11-04T02:00:41","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T02:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/offset-faces-assault-lawsuit-from-cannabis-dispensary-security-guard\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T02:00:41","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T02:00:41","slug":"offset-faces-assault-lawsuit-from-cannabis-dispensary-security-guard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/offset-faces-assault-lawsuit-from-cannabis-dispensary-security-guard\/","title":{"rendered":"Offset Faces Assault Lawsuit from Cannabis Dispensary Security Guard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n\tOffset has been hit with new lawsuit claiming he attacked a security guard at a cannabis dispensary in Los Angeles after being asked to show his I.D.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe rapper (Kiari Cephus) faces civil assault and battery claims in a complaint filed last Wednesday (Oct. 29) by Jim Leobardo Sanchez, a security guard at the MedMen licensed recreational dispensary near Los Angeles International Airport.<\/p>\n

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\n\tOffset and a group of associates visited the dispensary on March 14 of this year, according to the lawsuit. Sanchez alleges that the rapper grew violent when he was asked to provide I.D. before entering the store.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWithout legal justification or provocation, defendant Cephus became hostile, verbally confrontational and physically attacked plaintiff by striking him in the face,\u201d writes Sanchez\u2019s attorney Michael Karikomi<\/strong>. \u201cSeveral unidentified individuals who were accompanying defendant Cephus then proceeded to grab, push and further assault and batter plaintiff.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tSanchez says he was in \u201cimmediate and severe pain\u201d after the alleged attack, and was treated by paramedics at the scene before being transported by ambulance to the emergency room.<\/p>\n

\n\tAccording to the lawsuit, Sanchez has continued to suffer due to Offset\u2019s behavior \u2014 and he now wants financial compensation from the rapper.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cPlaintiff suffered physical injuries, emotional distress, incurred medical expenses, suffered lost income and continues to experience pain and discomfort,\u201d reads the lawsuit, which asks for unspecified monetary damages.<\/p>\n

\n\tOffset\u2019s reps did not immediately return a request for comment on Monday (Nov. 3).<\/p>\n

\n\tThis isn\u2019t the first time Offset has been accused of attacking a security guard. In 2023, he was sued for allegedly assaulting a guard at a convention put on by Complex Networks two years earlier. That lawsuit claimed Offset and fellow rapper YRN Murk got physical after being told the event was restricted.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe security guard in that case, Daveon Clark, has not yet managed to serve Offset with legal papers. The claim remains pending.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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