Jhené Aiko Says Lawyer From Car Accident Is Using Her Status For Money

Jhené Aiko is ready to move on from the aftermath of a 2022 car accident.

Per In Touch, she asked a judge to issue an order blocking her video deposition from being released after claiming the lawyer representing the other driver, Genelle Ligot, of mocking and insulting her.

Back in February, the “None Of Your Concern” singer was sued by Ligot over the alleged incident. Aiko denied any wrongdoing, but Ligot served her a notice of deposition in September.

The entertainer said that Genelle served her a notice of deposition in September. Aiko objected because it required her to show up in person, but she felt it wasn’t necessary. “[Aiko] is not claiming any injury from the [crash] therefore there is no need for [her] to be physically in person at the deposition,” the filing read. She also didn’t want that the deposition filmed.

Ligot’s attorney responded to Aiko’s motion for dismissal via a statement: “We are entitled to a deposition of your client in our office and we are well within our rights to videotape the deposition … celebrities don’t get special treatment.”

When Aiko’s legal team asked opposing counsel to agree that any footage of deposition be kept away from the media and be destroyed after the case was over, Ligot’s lawyer refuted. “[If] your client is such a critically acclaimed artist with so many accolades then why is she driving around with $50,000 of insurance coverage?” they stated.

They reportedly continued to push back against Aiko’s requests with “additional insults that mocked [her] achievements.”

Ligot’s lawyer allegedly wrote in an emailed statement: “If your client wishes to protect her alleged ‘celebrity status’ and her ‘accolades’ then she can make a good faith offer to settle this matter short of extensive litigation… Otherwise you can file your motion… Your client is irresponsible, yet wishes to use her ‘celebrity’ status to protect her, but at the same time fails to take the actions that would be consistent with her ‘celebrity’ status – i.e. getting insurance coverage that would match her alleged fame and fortune.”

Ultimately, Aiko and her legal team feel “the public disclosure and dissemination of [her] deposition testimony would serve no purpose other than to harass and cause unnecessary embarrassment.”

A ruling has yet to be made.