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Rick Ross baby mama Lavonia Leviston 50 cent compensation.
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 private 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. Last month a jury watched clips from the tape, deliberated for an hour and
finally made a decision.
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.
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.The mom, Lastonia Leviston, broke down in tears while clutching the hand of her lawyer's wife as the jury returned their verdict against the rapper — $2.5 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.
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.The mom, Lastonia Leviston, broke down in tears while clutching the hand of her lawyer's wife as the jury returned their verdict against the rapper — $2.5 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.
Those figures could be multiplied next week, when the jury weights punitive damages against the "Get Rich or Die Tryin'" star.
The rapper, whose real name is Curtis Jackson, didn't show up to testify at the trial, which started June 15th, and he wasn't in court for the verdict. Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Paul Wooten told the jurors they were allowed to take note of his absence — which was made even more notable because he was in New York at the time, celebrating his 40th birthday.
Leviston's lawyer, Philip Freidin, had urged the panel of four women and two men to hit the rapper with a $20 million judgment for his humiliation of the mother of two.