DaBaby Lawsuit Over Rapper’s Bowling Alley Brawl Reaches Settlement

A civil lawsuit that accused DaBaby of starting a brawl with his ex-girlfriend DaniLeigh’s brother inside a bowling alley has been settled, according to a notice filed with the Los Angeles Superior Court on Friday. 

Brandon Curiel, who goes by the stage name Brandon Bill$, submitted a notice of settlement for the entire case, which had named DaBaby, the Zeus Network, a security company, and a bowling alley among the defendants in the legal dispute, which was scheduled to head to trial in October. 

Terms of the settlement were not disclosed. Reps for Curiel and DaBaby did not immediately return Rolling Stone‘s requests for comment. 

Curiel had sued DaBaby, born Jonathan Kirk, in February 2022, alleging the “BOP” rapper had physically assaulted him at Corbin Bowl, a Los Angeles-area bowling alley earlier that month, causing him “severe injury.”

Prior to the altercation, Kirk had allegedly been “humiliating” DaniLeigh, with whom he shares a daughter, over social media. According to a transcript of Curiel’s deposition, Kirk had “aggressively” approached Curiel at the bowling alley, and began threatening him. “I just want to slap you up a bit,” Kirk allegedly told Curiel. “I just want to slap you around a little bit.”

A video obtained by TMZ shows Kirk seemingly starting the fight by swinging on Curiel before a group of men were seen grappling with each other in the middle of the bowling lanes. No arrests were ever made. 

After a string of hits in 2019 and the early 2020s, Kirk suffered a publicity crisis after making a string of homophobic comments at the Rolling Loud music festival in Miami 2021. He went on a brief hiatus after the release of Baby on Baby 2, his fourth studio album, and returned with Be More Grateful in January.