After a month Dr. Dre former marriage counselor sued him for harassmentthe music producer scored a legal victory.

Psychotherapist Dr. Charles Sophy, who worked with Dre and his ex-wife Nicole Young throughout their divorce proceedings, alleged in a $10 million lawsuit filed Oct. 11 that the Grammy-winning rapper incited a campaign of “vicious” and “sustained” harassment. , which included “threats of intimidation and violence”, “homophobic rhetoric” and “late night texts”.

The lawsuit included a temporary restraining order barring Dre from contacting Sophy.

During a hearing on Tuesday, Judge Melanie Ochoa ruled that Sophy’s request for a permanent restraining order against Dre was denied after the adviser’s legal team failed to “sustain the applicable burden of proof” necessary to approve the order, according to court documents obtained by USA TODAY. . The temporary restraining order was later terminated.

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Sophy’s case was dismissed without prejudice, meaning he retains the ability to bring his original claims in a new trial.

Dre declined to comment on Tuesday’s ruling, attorney Howard E. King said in an email to USA TODAY.

Young filed for divorce from Dre in 2020 after 24 years of marriage, citing irreconcilable differences.

Dr. Dre’s former marriage counselor claims the producer sent threatening text messages

Fourteen months after Dre and Young’s divorce settlement, Sophy he claimed in his lawsuit that she started receiving harassing texts from the producer out of nowhere. According to a text screenshot cited by Panel and Rolling StoneDre texted the doctor in February 2023, saying he had been told something “disturbing” and that Sophy “is going to have to pay for it.”

Also that month, the doctor claimed that fake FBI agents showed up at his gated community in an attempt to enter his home and “talk” to him, but were stopped by a security guard, the media reported . The incident made Sophy “fear for his life” and prompted him to wear a bulletproof vest for protection, according to the suit.

In another alleged text, Dre wrote: “You will have to give me a written apology. If not, I go ahead. I’m not kidding, believe me,” according to Rolling Stone.

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In a statement at the time, King claimed that Sophy only filed her lawsuit after she failed to get Young to drop a 2023 “confidential complaint” with the California Board of Osteopathic Medicine for ” dereliction of duty and incredible incompetence.”

“This complaint seeks the revocation of Dr. Sophy’s license…” King said. He added that Sophy was allegedly fired because the counselor encouraged one of the couple’s children “to take sides against him (Dre), even encouraging his son to go to the press with false allegations” to “force a settlement financially that he recommended”.

Sophy also claimed that some of Dre’s alleged threats were based on his sexual orientation.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Dr. Dre Lawsuit: Ex-Counsel Restraining Order Ended