Gamma Files Defamation Lawsuit Over Alleged Smear Websites Targeting CEO Larry Jackson

Gamma Media Holdings, the music company founded by Larry Jackson, has filed a lawsuit in New York seeking to identify the anonymous person or people it says created websites and social media accounts to spread false claims about the company and its chief executive.

The complaint, filed in New York State Supreme Court, accuses unidentified defendants of defamation, trade libel, and unfair competition. Gamma says the anonymous operators used two websites, larryjacksonexposed.com and gammaexposed.com, along with coordinated posts on X and Reddit, to damage the company’s reputation and business relationships.

According to the lawsuit, the websites appeared on or about April 23, shortly after a Bloomberg profile described Jackson’s role in Kanye West’s commercial return. The sites allegedly accused Gamma and Jackson of streaming fraud, financial misconduct, embezzlement, and deception involving the company’s contract with West, who now legally goes by Ye.

Gamma denies the allegations published on the websites and says the claims were presented as fact without evidence. The complaint states that the sites accused the company of using bot-driven purchases to inflate sales numbers for Ye’s album “Bully” and claimed Jackson misled employees about whether the label’s contract with Ye included a provision allowing the company to drop him for racist or antisemitic public conduct.

According to court filings, the websites claimed Jackson told Gamma employees that the contract included such a provision, but that staff later discovered he had misrepresented the clause after the agreement was uploaded to internal company files. Jackson denies that characterization, and his attorneys argue that the claim falsely portrays him as dishonest in his management of the company he founded.

The lawsuit also says the websites accused Jackson of misusing investor funds and described Gamma as a fraudulent business. Gamma argues those statements were false and were meant to damage the company’s financial standing, artist relationships, and position in the music industry.

Before launching Gamma, Jackson spent years building a reputation as a music executive, producer, and industry strategist. He produced records for Whitney Houston and Jennifer Hudson, rose through the ranks at Interscope Records, and later served as global creative director at Apple Music. His legal team argues that the alleged online attack was especially damaging because his career depends on credibility, artist relationships, and trust inside the industry.

Gamma also alleges that the websites were amplified through a coordinated network of social media accounts. According to the complaint, hundreds of X accounts created in December 2025 and showing no other activity posted or reposted links to the sites within 12 minutes in late April. A Reddit account also allegedly posted language identical to content on the websites before being banned.

Jackson claims the goal was to make the criticism appear to be a spontaneous public backlash when it was actually engineered by one actor or a small group working together.

Gamma’s team attempted to trace the source of the sites but says the network was deliberately configured to hide its hosting infrastructure. The complaint alleges the sites were set up to mask the true origin server IP address, making it difficult to determine who created or controlled them without court-authorized subpoenas.

The complaint places the dispute within a broader pattern of entertainment-industry lawsuits involving anonymous online claims and alleged smear campaigns. In 2022, the rock band All Time Low filed a similar suit to identify three anonymous accounts that accused members of the group of sexually harassing or assaulting teenage fans. The band later dropped the case after saying its investigation found the claims were fabricated.

More recently, the legal dispute between Australian actress Rebel Wilson and producer Amanda Ghost included similar allegations. In that case, Ghost claimed smear websites were launched against her by the same crisis management firm that became involved in Blake Lively’s widely publicized legal fight with director Justin Baldoni.

The lawsuit is part of a growing category of defamation cases in which public figures or companies ask courts for permission to identify anonymous online speakers. In those cases, the target of the alleged statements often seeks subpoenas directed at web hosts, domain registrars, social media platforms, or other service providers that may hold identifying information.

Courts must often balance competing interests in these disputes. Anonymous speech is protected in many contexts, but that protection can give way when a party makes a sufficient showing that the speech was unlawful, such as by alleging false statements of fact that caused reputational or business harm.

Gamma is asking the court to allow subpoenas aimed at identifying the Doe defendants. The company also seeks damages, an injunction requiring removal of the websites and allegedly defamatory content, and an order barring further defamatory statements about Gamma.

The complaint says the harm is ongoing because the websites remain accessible and the content continues to circulate.