Nicki Minaj’s longtime lawyer Judd Burstein dropped her “abruptly,” leaving her without representation in a $10 million legal battle with a fan, Us Weekly can exclusively report.

On November 3, a business management company, The Northstar Group, wrote a letter to the court explaining that Minaj had recently hired them.

A rep for The Northstar Group asked the court for additional time for Minaj, 42, to respond to the lawsuit brought by a fan named Tameer Peak.

The letter said Minaj needed time to “retain and onboard” a new defense lawyer following the “recent and sudden withdrawal of” her “litigation counsel.”

The Northstar Group said it became “aware of this lawsuit for the first time” last week based on information provided by Minaj’s “then-litigation counsel, Judd Burstein.”

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