Top Dawg Entertainment won a California appeals-court ruling directing a Los Angeles trial court to strike a claim that the music label unlawfully disclosed the identities of two women who sued the company and its executives.
In a published October 8 decision, the Second District Court of Appeal reversed a lower court’s denial of Top Dawg’s anti-SLAPP motion over the plaintiffs’ doxxing claim. The court directed the trial court to grant the motion and strike that cause of action, while awarding appellate costs to the defendants.
Linda Luna and Ayah Altayri originally filed the 2024 lawsuit under pseudonyms. Their complaint alleges sexual battery, sexual harassment, assault, negligence, breach of contract and other claims against Top Dawg Entertainment, executives Brandon Tiffith and Anthony Tiffith Jr., and employee David Harrell. The defendants have denied the underlying allegations.
The identity-disclosure dispute arose after Top Dawg issued a public statement naming Luna and Altayri while denying their lawsuit’s allegations. The appeals court concluded the women had not sought court authorization to proceed anonymously before the label’s statement, and it found the disclosure protected by California’s fair-report privilege.
The ruling is limited to the doxxing claim. It does not decide whether the women’s underlying allegations are true, and it does not end the broader civil case. Top Dawg Entertainment, a Los Angeles label associated with artists including Kendrick Lamar, SZA and Doechii, continues to deny the misconduct claims.