Judge plans to force sale of Nicki Minaj's $20 million mansion

2025-11-25T12:08:39Z

A Los Angeles judge said Monday she’s on the brink of ordering the sale of Nicki Minaj’s $20 million Hidden Hills mansion so a security guard can collect on the $500,000 default judgment he won after suing the “Barbie World” rapper and her husband over his alleged backstage assault at a concert in Germany.

“My tentative is to grant this,” Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Cindy Pánuco said at an afternoon hearing. “I just want to make sure we’re getting it right.” She said the only outstanding document in the application to force the home’s sale was a statement from Bank of America showing exactly how much of Minaj’s $13.3 million mortgage she’s already paid since purchasing the home in October 2022.

“Let’s say there’s no bidder who offers the full $20 million, and it goes up for auction, and they don’t get fair market value, and it doesn’t cover everything,” Judge Pánuco gave as a hypothetical. “If it doesn’t cover what the sale is required to cover — including the judgment, in this instance — then I would use that evidence to help me to determine that.”

The guard’s lawyer, Paul Saso, argued that the sale would almost certainly yield millions more than necessary to cover everything. And if it didn’t, they could deal with that possibility at a later date, he said. But the judge wouldn’t budge, saying she wanted the bank statement first. “As I understand it, that’s the only piece missing. Everything else looked good,” she said. She set a follow-up hearing for Jan. 22 to receive the pending paperwork and enter her ruling.

Edited 2 hours ago by Teletubby