Dr. Dre
Ex-Psychiatrist Runs to Court docket …
I Want Safety!!!
4:40 PM PT — Howard King, Dr. Dre‘s lawyer, tells TMZ … “Mr. Sophy bought some textual content messages in 2023 from an offended affected person who had been mistreated, alongside together with his whole household, by a self-proclaimed psychiatric skilled. Nothing has modified since 2023 that will warrant this determined submitting and try for consideration aside from Mr. Younger’s refusal to drop his confidential efforts to have Sophy’s license terminated by the Osteopathic Medical Board.”
4:10 PM PT — The decide has granted the TRO.
Dr. Dre’s former psychiatrist is not simply suing him, he is downright afraid of him — a lot so, he is asking a decide to order the music mogul to remain away … TMZ has realized.
Dr. Charles Sophy filed for a brief restraining order Friday in L.A. County Court docket … citing the alleged threats he says Dre texted him over the course of 18 months. Sophy, who had served as a wedding counselor for Dre and his now ex-wife Nicole throughout their divorce, desires the court docket to drive Dre to remain 100 yards away from him and his 22-year-old son.
In line with the docs, obtained by TMZ, he additionally desires Dre to cease contacting him altogether … whether or not by telephone, textual content or e-mail. Sophy’s concern is clear within the paperwork — he says Dre is aware of the place he lives, and has beforehand been inside his residence.
Sophy does not even belief his canines, Maxx and Money, are protected from Dre … he is formally requesting the decide order Dre to keep away from them, too.
As we reported, Sophy’s filed a $10 million lawsuit in opposition to Dre … claiming the “Forgot About Dre” rapper began sending threatening texts in February 2023 — 14 months after Dre and Nicole finalized their divorce.
He claims the texts embrace Dre calling him a “bitch” and ominous warnings like, “Don’t fret, I have never forgotten about you.”
The decide has not but granted Sophy’s request.
For his half, Dre, by his lawyer Howard King, says Sophy “maliciously” tried to flip Dre’s son in opposition to him in the course of the divorce. He is accusing Sophy of malpractice, and has filed a criticism with the Osteopathic Medical Board of California, looking for to get his medical license revoked.
We have reached out to King concerning the TRO … to this point, no phrase again.
Initially Revealed — 3:44 PM PT