Dr. Dre in the midst of a legal dilemma; marriage counselor sues him for sending abusive texts

The music mogul, Dr. Dre and his wife had therapy and numerous sessions of marriage counseling from their previous marriage counselor, who has now filed a lawsuit against him.

Dre and his ex-wife Nicole had also gone through a divorce, with the same psychiatrist serving as a mediator. The counselor in question is Dr. Charles Sophy, whose lawsuit, as reported by TMZ, claims that Dr. Dre had been texting him violent and threatening texts, and that too just 14 months after he and Nicole had officially divorced.

According to Sophy, the musician accuses him of deploying someone to disparage Dre in the press during the the musician’s divorce procedures. Dr. Sophy claimed that Dre had even dispatched friends dressed like FBI agents to his gated community in an attempt to find him.

As evidenced by the documents, Sophy claimed that Dr. Dre had threatened to “make you pay for that” and called him a “piece of s***” and “b**h” in text messages.

Post these instances, Dr. Sophy claimed to have increased his home’s security. He said that he now always leaves the house with a bulletproof vest and cap. He sued Dr. Dre for $10 million and asked for a restraining order that would have required the artist to keep a minimum of 100 yards between them.

Dr. Dre’s lawyer, Howard King, stated in conversation with TMZ, “Dr. Sophy filed his suit only after he failed to pressure Mr. Young into dropping efforts to get Dr. Sophy punished for dereliction of duties and incredible incompetence.”

The attorney went on to say that Dr. Dre’s real name, Andre Romelle Young, filed the lawsuit with the California Osteopathic Medical Board in 2023. King claimed that the complaint would cancel Dr. Sophy’s license and bar him from offering his patients mental health counseling.

“In gross violation of all applicable standards of care, Dr. Sophy inserted himself into a contentious divorce while simultaneously ‘treated’ not only Mr. and Mrs. Young, but their children,” King mentioned.