Azealia Banks posted a copy of a cease & desist notice sent to Matty Healy by her legal team. The notice demands a public apology from Healy and a $1 million settlement.
This comes after the growing tension between the two. It started earlier this week when Healy reactivated his X account. Healy responded to Banks’ tweet, where she said Charli XCX ‘used to be soooo pretty.’ He wrote: “All the women you attack seem to be culturally relevant, attractive, divisive and NICE people. I think this makes you jealous cos you’re so talented but everything else about you is a failure. Just rap bro.”
Banks responded to Healy’s insult by saying that he and his fiancée, model Gabbriette, “both look like you share needles,” pushing Healy to threaten her. “Talk to me like that I’m not gonna side eye you at an awards do I’m going to f*cking slap you so hard I’ll get a Guinness world record for the highest a rat some b*tch calls a wig has ever flown,” the singer responded.
Later, Banks shared the cease & desist letter on her X account. It states that its demands are in response to Healy’s ‘threats of violence.’
Written by Wallace J. Collins, it was confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter on Sunday that his office sent the letter to Healy on Saturday night.
“Your attacks against my client’s professional reputation, your overt racial epithets and your most recent threats of physical violence against my client have been well-documented since you published them worldwide online,” Collins wrote, adding that Banks saved screenshots of the posts Healy has since deleted. He called Healy’s actions ‘wrongful, bad faith and malicious’ and said they have “seriously damaged and will continue to damage my client.”
The letter continues, “Your removal of the damaging attack posts and your acknowledgement that your reaction was inappropriate does not undo the damage, but rather constitutes evidence of an admission of guilt by you.”
Collins also noted that he had prepared a summons and complaint at Banks’ request, but he generally finds it better to settle such matters without going to court.
The letter ends with a demand for Healy to stop making any more harmful statements about Banks and to give a public apology. It also asks for $1 million in compensation for the ‘full settlement of this matter.’
Healy later apologized for the threats in an online statement and deactivated his account.
