Swizz Beatz denies knowing involvement in alleged $7.3m 1MDB “fraudulent transfers”

Swizz Beatz filed a motion to dismiss himself and two of his companies as defendants in the case in February. “[E]ach of the claims asserted by the Liquidators are fatally flawed,” the motion read.

“The [plaintiffs] present this action under the noble premise of recovering assets for the benefit of creditors. In reality, the lawsuit is being used as a bad faith vehicle to pressure the collection of legally, non-recoverable assets by embarrassing, in the [plaintiffs’] own words, a ‘notable record producer,’" it continued.

Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald denied the motion in September. In her ruling, she said that the plaintiff’s allegations “are not time-barred,” and that they “have standing to bring their claims and that the Court has subject-matter jurisdiction to hear them” and “pleaded specific facts supporting an inference of actual fraudulent intent.”

Franklyn, Samuels’ ex-girlfriend from Bestwood, Nottingham, also received a 15-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, for money laundering and has been ordered to complete 80 hours of unpaid work. The gang’s downfall began when police pulled over a car containing Jake Worrall, 30, and Gary Castledine, 59, in April 2023.

The pair were arrested when large quantities of crack cocaine were discovered in the vehicle, with the fingerprints of Lyndon Wilson, 38, found on the drugs.

Wilson had access to bulk quantities of Class A and Class B drugs, some of which were discovered by police during a raid on his home in September 2023.