Faith Evans must pay more than $12.5 million following the conclusion of a legal battle over fund distributions connected to the Notorious B.I.G.'s estate trust.
According to Rolling Stone, Delaware Court of Chancery Judge Kathaleen St. J. McCormick issued the judgment in favor of the Voletta Wallace Revocable Trust. The total award of $12,518,336 includes interest tied to disputed payouts made to Notorious B.I.G., LLC, which manages the intellectual property of the late hip-hop icon.
The legal team representing Evans had petitioned the court to reduce the payable judgment down to $48,612. The judge denied the request, confirming that the economic rights belong to the trust administered by Wayne Barrow, who previously managed Biggie.
Evans and her son, Christopher Jordan Wallace, known as CJ, had proposed putting the disputed assets under state control while questioning estate management. CJ Wallace claimed Barrow improperly influenced his grandmother, Voletta Wallace, to secure executorship before her death in February 2025.
Judge McCormick rejected their claims, ruling that ongoing proceedings in Pennsylvania do not negate actions Barrow took in good faith or strip the trust of its rightful distributions.