The rap veteran’s countersuit paints the accusations as a smear job; the toilet story is the twist nobody saw coming
Busta Rhymes is going on the offensive. In a freshly filed defamation countersuit, he rejects all claims from former assistant Dashiel Gables, including a jaw dropping allegation that Busta forced someone to unclog a toilet with their bare hand.
Gables’ original lawsuit, filed in August 2025, accused Busta of assault, battery, emotional distress, wage violations, and creating a hostile workplace. He claimed that in January 2025, after an argument over using his phone, Busta allegedly punched him in the face in a Brooklyn lobby. Gables says he was hospitalized, then blacklisted in the music industry after filing a police report.
Busta’s camp admits Gables did work for Starbus LLC and was paid $1,500 per week. But they deny every abusive claim. The countersuit asserts that Gables knew the statements were false or made them recklessly, and now wants retribution.
Gables says another employee was made to unclog a clogged toilet with his hand after Busta complained it wasn’t cleaned right. Busta’s team calls that story “purported fact … false.” They argue that Gables is trying to weaponize lurid detail to sway public opinion and damage Busta’s reputation.
Now Busta is asking for damages (compensatory, punitive, legal fees) and a full retraction of Gables’ statements.
This countersuit is more than just legal posturing. It’s reputation control. It forces Gables to answer the more grotesque claims publicly. And it signals that Busta is refusing to quietly absorb damage to his legacy.
We don’t yet know how the courts will rule, but the spectacle is in full view. The next chapters will be messy and revealing.
