Soulja Boy abuse allegations?
DeAndre Cortez Way, primarily known as Soulja Boy, is a 34-year-old American rapper and Record producer best known for his popular songs “Crank That (Soulja Boy)” and “Tell Em.” He has recently been involved in legal disputes related to abuse.
On Thursday, April 10th, 2025, the court found Soulja Boy guilty and “liable” for assault and abuse, this was for claims of sexual, mental, and physical mistreatment of a colleague.
What Happened? What were the accusations?
Before this trial, a lawsuit was filed in 2021 against DeAndre Cortez Way (Soulja Boy) by a 36-year-old anonymous woman. This woman is claimed to have been Way’s assistant since 2018; it is said this was when the assault began. Within early employment of this woman she had claimed that he had started sending inappropriate photos of his male genitalia, and with this a relationship between the two was developed but turned out to be “toxic” as she states multiple occurrences of physical assault in terms of hitting her in different ways, as well as sexual assault followed by threats.
This woman also had claimed a specific occasion when Way had become irritable in a vehicle he was driving, which had ended with him “grabbing her and pushing her out of the vehicle” as well as several accounts of forced intercourse without consent in which contended as rape on “several occasions”. (usatoday.com) This woman also stated that if she had tried to run away or get out of this situation, she would allegedly be held in a room for three days with limited supplies. He would also take (steal) her personal belongings, and if she tried to get these belongings back from him, he would use it as an opportunity to once again sexually assault her.
About the anonymous woman amid the toxic relationship, she said, “I didn’t even feel human anymore. I felt like an animal.”
Not only this, but she had claimed that sometimes he would apologize after one of these occasions of abuse by saying, “Babe, come back, let’s talk seriously,” and “Are u ok … I’m sorry I love u please call.” In this exchange, one message from the woman was read: “You think you can keep hitting on me, you are crazy.”
Ultimately, after the trial that had lasted 3 weeks, not only was DeAndre Cortez Way liable for all of these physical assaults, but also for “intentional infliction of emotional distress, sexual harassment, and nonpayment of wages.”
The anonymous woman’s attorney, Ron Zambrano, expressed her opinion on this matter and the results by stating, “We’re happy our client was vindicated and the jury believed her claims of physical and sexual assault … We’re looking forward to moving on to the punitive damages phase of the case.”
On the other hand, Way’s attorney, Rickey Ivie, had claimed that these stories and discussions were made up with selfish intentions of wealth for the woman, as he says, “She wanted to be paid … which is what this case is all about because it’s not about the truth.”
