An attorney must repay the rapper's huge legal bill from a copyright lawsuit that his lawyers said "should never have been brought."
Nelly attends Z100's iHeartRadio Jingle Ball 2025 at Madison Square Garden on December 12, 2025 in New York City.
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If you sue Nelly, you’d better be sure you’re right.
A federal judge ruled Thursday (May 28) that attorneys for one of his former St. Lunatics bandmates must repay more than $67,000 that the star spent on legal bills defeating a “frivolous” lawsuit over the rights to his debut album Country Grammar.
