Usher Seeks Default Judgment Against Lawyer Over $700,000 Loan Dispute
Usher has asked a Fulton County judge to enter a default judgment against Atlanta lawyer Alcide Honoré in an ongoing legal dispute over an unreturned $700,000 loan, Complex reported.
In a November 9 filing in Fulton County Superior Court, the recording artist opposed Honoré’s attempt to dismiss the motion. The filing asks the court to strike Honoré’s answer, dismiss his counterclaim with prejudice, and rule in the singer’s favor on liability.
Additionally, the artist, who has won eight Grammys, is seeking a judicial determination that a transfer of $1.7 million landed in Honoré’s trust account on January 8, 2025. According to the court documents, $700,000 of that total was never returned, and the singer is asking for his legal fees to be covered.
Honoré denied receiving the deposited funds. Lawyers for Usher called that comment “a bald-faced lie,” according to the court documents.
The filing states that Usher believes Honoré was “evasive and incomplete” with his evidence and describes the lawyer’s objections as “baseless” and “empty.”
The documentation provided by Honoré features a wire transfer receipt demonstrating that $1.7 million was transferred from The UR Trust to Honore Law LLC Trust on January 8, 2025, bearing the memo “Loan – New Club Opening.” Furthermore, the court paperwork cites a text message from Honoré stating, “Over 1M I’m calculating exact numbers,” coupled with his personal affidavit testifying that $1 million was refunded to The UR Trust from his trust account.
Usher’s lawyers claim Honoré is “manifestly playing games to prolong and obstruct the advancement of the case” by ignoring a September 28 order to account for the money. The filing cites Bank of America wire records showing funds leaving the trust account to pay a title company and wiring money to Bank Leumi in Israel.
On June 9, 2025, the account sent $400,000 to “ARMOND HONORE,” described in the filing as Honoré’s brother. A second wiring of $25,000 went to a title company that same day.
Initially, the funds were put into the deal to develop Homage ATL, a high-end restaurant and lounge at 3102 Piedmont Road in Buckhead. While Usher chose a loan structure for the real estate project, $1 million was returned to him in August 2025.
The singer claimed Honoré told him repaying the remainder was “not that easy.”
On November 14, 2025, legal action was initiated by Usher against Honoré, R&B producer and songwriter Bryan-Michael Cox, Keith Thomas, Charles Hughes, and associated defendants. Cox responded to the suit days later, calling his 27-year friendship with Usher “fully intact” and claiming he was a “passive minority shareholder,” The Grio reported.
Should the court grant Usher’s motion for sanctions, Honoré will encounter a default judgment regarding his liability across every count, leaving the determination of financial damages for a later date.