The Medicine Woman dispensary, partially owned by the entertainer Ice-T, which closed in Jersey City, is the defendant in at least 3 different lawsuits.
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Most of the lawsuits are centered on Ice-T’s partners Luke and Chars Burrett. Ice-T seemed to have had no hand in the management of the company.
He also doesn’t smoke weed or consume cannabis in any other form.
The first lawsuit, AUXOCAP JC LLC v. The Medicine Woman Group, LLC et al was filed in the US District Court in the Central District of California by AuxoCap JC LLC. It says they lent The Medicine Woman money to build the dispensary. But that money was intentionally misspent.
The second lawsuit of TMW 660 TONNELE, LLC v. THE MEDICINE WOMAN, LLC and CHARIS BURRETT was filed in Hudson County Superior Court here in Jersey says they didn’t pay rent for the last two months.
The third lawsuit by the builder, Jack M Construction LLC, said they didn’t get paid for doing construction and remodeling work. It was also filed in Hudson County Superior Court.
So, it seems that having a poor location after another dispensary a few blocks down a road with little foot traffic wasn’t their only issue.
The Medicine Woman JC Loan Lawsuit
According to the first lawsuit, “defendants Charis and Luke Burrett induced AuxoCap JC to advance a $1,600,000 working capital loan expressly and exclusively for the buildout and opening of a dispensary in Jersey City, New Jersey.”
Interest was supposed to accumulate at 10 percent a year. In addition, “AuxoCap JC was granted a 20 percent interest in TMW JC Operations.”
“Within twenty-four hours of funding, they siphoned $500,000 to repay debt Luke Burrett owed to other creditors and falsified the books to hide it.”
It also says they used the money to pay debts their California dispensary owed, and left vendors unpaid and manipulated Point Of Sale (POS) data.
So, they are accused of “intentional misrepresentations and concealment to procure financing, immediate misappropriation of proceeds, and a calculated dissipation of collateral to benefit the Burretts and their own entity at AuxoCap JC’s expense.”
Funny Business
According to the lawsuit, the Jersey City Dispensary and its California dispensary are separate businesses.
On November 13, 2025, AuxoCap JC sent a formal Notice of Default since they should have paid $54,685.06 on October 31, 2025.
“The Notice of Default also directed Borrower to immediately cease all sales, transfers, or other dispositions of assets outside the ordinary course of Business,” the suit says.
According to the suit, “Charis and Luke Burrett used the loan proceeds for their own personal use and their other businesses & devalued and stripped the loan collateral assigned to AuxoCap JC.”
“During the course of AuxoCap JC’s investigation, the Burretts admitted both the improper transfer and the false recordation to AuxoCap JC’s representative,” the suit says.
“…As a direct and proximate result of … the diversion of loan proceeds, nonpayment of vendors, manipulation of financial records, and stripping
and devaluation of collateral, the Jersey City Dispensary has permanently closed.”
In a previous lawsuit, the Auxo Cap JC alleged the “Burretts were similarly charging or otherwise causing the plaintiff pay for personal expenses and expenses … using the company as their personal slush fund…” in Collins et al. v. Burrett et al. filed in the Superior Court of Orange County, California.
The Medicine Woman Landlord Rent Lawsuit
In the rental lawsuit, TMW Group is described as their landlord company based in Short Hills in Millburn in Essex County. This is in contrast to the dispensary company itself which is based in California.
The suit says they didn’t pay their December 2025 rent.
They also owe about $64,000 in property taxes.
Notably, “Tenant had yet to surrender the Property, as required by the clear terms of the Lease. Further, Landlord informed Tenant that as a result of the various liens on the Property’s title, Landlord is unable to re-rent the Property…”
This lawsuit notes that the landlord was tangled up in the third construction lawsuit against its will.
They were expected to pay about $35,000 a month in rent, the suit says.
An exhibit in the lawsuit says they owe about $2.9 million to a range of companies. They include large Multi-State Operators (MSOs) and some small local companies, along with more conventional vendors.
Construction Payment Lawsuit
According to the third lawsuit filed in New Jersey, the company also failed to pay its builder for construction. That case was filed last year.
After paying about $237,000, they still owe them about $71,000, which they have not paid.
That lawsuit is known as Jack M Construction LLC vs TMW 660 Tonnelle LLC.
