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Judge Bars Muni Long’s Former Managers From Seeking Her Medical Records
A judge has ruled that Muni Long’s former managers cannot obtain her medical records as part of their lawsuit against her.
The dispute involves the singer and managers Chaka Zulu and Jeff Dixon, who sued her in 2025 over unpaid commissions.
Long’s representatives previously accused the managers of trying to have her committed to a mental health facility against her will.
Zulu and Dixon say that public accusation was false and damaged their reputations.
Long later dropped her own legal claim about being forced to stay at the facility, but the managers continued with their defamation claim.
The judge said her medical records remain protected, though the managers may ask about the circumstances of her admission.
The case can continue without access to those records.
A judge ruled that Muni Long’s former managers cannot obtain her medical records in their defamation lawsuit against her.
Magistrate Judge Sarah Netburn said the records remain protected by medical privilege after Long withdrew her counterclaim.
The judge said the managers may ask Long about the circumstances of her admission to a clinic, but not about her records or treatment.
Chaka Zulu and Jeff Dixon say Long defamed them by accusing them of having her involuntarily committed.
The dispute is part of a wider lawsuit over commissions and allegations involving Long’s former managers and their company, Ebony Son Entertainment.
- Who
- Singer Muni Long and her former managers, Chaka Zulu and Jeff Dixon, are involved. Magistrate Judge Sarah Netburn issued the ruling.
- What
- The judge barred the former managers from seeking Long’s medical records and treatment details.
- When
- The order was issued Thursday, Oct. 8. The article was published Oct. 12, 2026.
- Where
- The records sought were related to Long’s care at Cleveland Clinic Indian River Behavioral Health Center.
- Why
- The managers sought the records to support their claim that Long’s public allegation of involuntary commitment was false. The judge ruled that medical privilege protected the records.
Chaka Zulu and Jeff Dixon
Muni Long
Access to medical records
Chaka Zulu and Jeff Dixon
They sought records related to Long’s diagnosis, evaluation and treatment, arguing that the records could help prove her allegations false.
Muni Long
Long’s records remained protected by medical privilege after she withdrew her counterclaim.
Involuntary commitment allegation
Chaka Zulu and Jeff Dixon
They say Long’s public accusation that they had her involuntarily committed was false and defamatory.
Muni Long
Long’s representatives said the managers sought to have her involuntarily committed; Long later dropped that accusation from the litigation.
Long later claimed she was forced to remain at Cleveland Clinic Indian River Behavioral Health Center.
Zulu and Dixon sued Long, alleging she had not paid more than $600,000 in commissions after firing them.
Long countersued the former managers, making claims about her stay at the behavioral health center.
Judge Sarah Netburn ruled that the managers could not seek Long’s medical records or treatment details.
- Ruling
- Medical records and treatment details are off-limits to the former managers
- Judge
- Magistrate Judge Sarah Netburn
- Former managers
- Chaka Zulu and Jeff Dixon
- Company
- Ebony Son Entertainment
- Commission dispute
- More than $600,000
- Behavioral health center
- Cleveland Clinic Indian River Behavioral Health Center
What people are saying
Plaintiff may ask Hamilton about the circumstances of her admission to the clinic but may not seek discovery of her medical records and treatment
Hamilton’s initial counterclaim … put her mental health at issue and, thus, would have waived her privilege
But Hamilton never released her records before she withdrew the counterclaim, and therefore her privilege was reinstated
Sources
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