Trey Songz Pleads With Judge to Toss $11 Million Judgment Over Alleged Battery, Says It Will ‘Ruin’ Him

Trey Songz’ alleged assault victim demanded the singer’s plea to throw out a $11 million default judgment be shut down, In Touch can exclusively report.

According to court documents obtained by In Touch, Trey, 40, asked that the judgment be set aside in the battery lawsuit filed by a man named Tyrelle Dunn.

In his lawsuit, Tyrelle, who is a Maryland Capitol police officer, said the musician and his security guards injured him when he tried to save his wife from Trey’s hotel room in 2021.

Tyrelle said the incident went down at The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas. “[Tyrelle’s] wife was escorted by Defendant security personnel to room 6014 where she was told she would meet Trey Songz,” the lawsuit read.

“That while in room 6014, plaintiff’s wife was assaulted, tried to leave and had her phone taken away.”

In court, Tyrelle claimed he located Trey’s hotel room and tried to rescue his wife. He said Trey and his guards attacked him and caused serious injuries including a fractured eye socket. The police investigated but no criminal charges were brought against Trey.

In his motion, Trey said he had no idea about the lawsuit until he heard about the default judgment in the media.

“Good cause exists to set aside the default judgment because [Tyrelle] did not properly effectuate service of process of the summons and complaint on [Trey] pursuant to Nevada or California law. [Trey] did not know about this lawsuit until a few days ago, on November 27, 2024, upon which he promptly engaged counsel and filed this Motion,” Trey’s lawyer wrote.

His lawyer continued, “[Trey] did not know about this lawsuit until November 27, 2024, when he received Instagram messages from fans extending their support after news broke about Dunn’s default judgment.”

The singer’s lawyer continued, “[Trey] promptly engaged civil defense counsel over the Thanksgiving holiday and filed this Motion to set aside the default judgment the next week. [Trey] deserves to have his day in court to defend himself, rather than being subjected to a massive default judgment which was improperly obtained in an underlying case that [Trey] knew nothing about until a week prior to filing this Motion. The enforcement of this default judgment will be devastating to [Trey] and will ruin his life.”

Trey said he strongly and categorically denies the allegations in the complaint.

The singer’s lawyer said that during the night in question, “[Tyrelle] reported the incident to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. The police immediately went to the suite at the Cosmopolitan Hotel to investigate—they separated witnesses and took their statements, confiscated mobile phones, and obtained a search warrant of [Trey’s] DNA and other evidence. Over the next several months, the police conducted a thorough criminal investigation and found no wrongdoing by [Trey]. The District Attorney’s office did not file any charges.”

Trey said the alleged victim claimed he served him by serving the guards at his gated community.

The musician said the process server failed to properly serve him. Tyrelle fired back at the motion to set aside the default judgment. His lawyer argued the process server had properly served him.

A judge has yet to rule on the matter.