French Montana’s $1M Richard Mille lawsuit is officially over after a July 27 court filing confirmed the case has been settled.
French Montana officially closed his $1 million watch lawsuit this week after all parties confirmed they’ve settled.
A court filing dated July 27 confirmed the deal and made clear it’s not an admission of wrongdoing. Terms remain undisclosed, but those details are expected to surface in public court records soon.
The case traces back to 2024, when French reconnected with Justo Obiang and Samir Gato in Egypt.
The two men had known him since his 2015 show in Geneva and stayed in touch for years before linking up again overseas.
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They claim he repeatedly pushed to swap watches with Obiang, and when Obiang said no, he asked to borrow their Richard Mille RM-59-01 instead.
Obiang and Gato agreed to let him carry the piece to Paris Fashion Week in January 2025 for 30 days.
French put up a diamond-encrusted Mille of his own as collateral, claiming it was worth $1 million. The watch never came back, and the collateral he left turned out to be a counterfeit, as AllHipHop first reported.
Obiang texted him to ask if he was trying to keep the watch, and, according to Billboard, French replied, “never my bro.”
He promised to swing through Paris and grab it, but never showed up and went quiet after that. The watch originally cost around $450,000 when purchased in 2016 and had more than doubled in value by 2025.
Obiang and Gato sued for conversion, fraudulent misrepresentation, unjust enrichment and replevin, seeking at least $1 million in damages.
His attorney, Steve Haddad, said the whole premise was wrong, insisting that French accepted the watch as payment for promotional work he completed in Egypt. Both sides ultimately resolved the dispute before trial, per TMZ, and neither party has commented on what the settlement required.
After settling, French tried to seal the complaint so the public couldn’t access the file. A federal judge in Nevada denied the motion in April, noting the case had been publicly available since October 2025. Embarrassment over existing coverage isn’t enough to close court records.
The July 27 settlement filing stated that the agreement is not “an admission of liability, fault, or wrongdoing by any party.”
