The verdict is in and according to reports, 50 Cent is guilty and has to pay up. If you’ve been keeping up, 50 Cent was sued by one of Rick Ross’ baby mamas after he leaked her sex tape on his website during a beef with the Maybach Music CEO. 50 Cent has then filed a lawsuit against Rick Ross, saying that Ross was the one who leaked the tape and that 50 just reposted it. Read about that HERE. Last month a jury watched clips from the tape, deliberated for an hour and finally made a decision.
According to NY Daily News, Lastonia Leviston has been awarded $6 million – $3.5 million in damages for violating her civil rights for using her image without her permission, and $2.5 million for intentional infliction of emotional distress. The rest, I’m assuming, are legal fees. Those figures could be multiplied when the jury weighs in punitive damages next week. Leviston originally sought $20 million, but $6 million isn’t bad either. I’m sure the fact that 50 Cent edited a clip of himself into the sex tape as the “Pimpin Curly” character sealed his fate.
So what happens next? Does 50 Cent make good on his promise to come after Rick Ross for his money back? Ross, who just shelled out $2 million in bond money, likely doesn’t want to deal with those issues right now.
