A Californian psychotherapist has sued Dr. Dre for $10 million after he says he was subjected to a “systematic and malicious” flurry of “unbearable harassment.”
Dr. Charles Sophy says he was hired by Dre in 2018 to mediate his split from his now ex-wife, Nicole Young.
He says that the issue was resolved in 2021 but that 14 months later, Dre started to text him.
Dre accused him of “ethical breaches” and even threatened to report him to medical regulators. Sophy says the hip-hop producer texted him “you f-cked with the wrong one”; in another text he said he was “not playing, trust me.”
Sophy says the Compton musician even sent fake federal agents to his home and that he “feared for his life” and hired additional security.
“Rather than treating the mediation process as an opportunity for healing, [Dre] decided to take his frustrations about the mediation out on Dr. Sophy — frustrations that manifested themselves in the form of a nearly year-long sustained campaign of late-night texts, threats of intimidation and violence, and homophobic rhetoric,” Christopher Frost, the doctor’s attorney writes.
The doctor is seeking a restraining order and compensation to the tune of at least $10 million.
Attorneys for Dr, Dre denied the allegations.
“In gross violation of all applicable standards of care, Dr. Sophy inserted himself into a contentious divorce while he simultaneously ‘treated’ not only Mr. and Mrs. Young, but their children,” Dre’s attorney Howard King wrote. “He was terminated when it was revealed that he was encouraging one of their children to take sides against Mr. Young, even encouraging his son to go to the press with false allegations in order to force a financial settlement that he recommended. Dr. Sophy has consistently rebuffed Medical Board attempts to investigate these claims, but has now filed this desperate suit while the noose of the Medical Board is tightening.”
