Lil' Kim argues in the docs that Barkats entered into a series of transitions "whose purpose was to misappropriate [Kim]'s valuable trademark and branding rights, while exacting potentially enormous, unjustified fees for themselves, all to [Kim]'s ongoing detriment."

The 38-year-old star claims Barkats and Ro tricked her into signing a contract that would give her lawyer and business partner a 44 percent stake in a corporation licensed to promote her liquor, makeup and fashion endorsements with her brand name.