Lil Uzi Vert is accusing a Malibu rehab center of allowing their private treatment to become internet content, after a therapy session was allegedly recorded without permission and later posted online.
In documents obtained by PEOPLE, the rapper, born Symere Bysil Woods, says Oro House Recovery Centers, Acadia Malibu employee Lynn Tumpa and Tumpa’s minor nephew violated their privacy. Woods, who uses they/them pronouns, filed the lawsuit in June 2024.
Uzi Vert entered rehab in February 2022 and participated in weekly group and individual therapy while working on sobriety over several months, according to the filing.
Their legal team claims Tumpa “secretly and illegally recorded a segment of her session with Woods” and shared it with her teenage nephew. The video later appeared on X in February 2024 and Instagram in April 2024.
The lawsuit says it remains unclear who uploaded the clip, but alleges “Tumpa was the source and disseminated the Video online, either directly or indirectly.”
Uzi Vert is bringing claims tied to breach of contract, medical confidentiality, illegal recording, emotional distress and public disclosure of private facts. They are asking for damages to be set at trial.
