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50 Cent Ordered To Pay Additional $2 million To Lastonia Leviston

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50 Cent is in hot waters again! A Manhattan jury on Friday ordered the rapper to pay $2 million in punitive damages to Lastonia Leviston, (the woman whose sex tape he somehow posted online).

50 Cent posted explicit video of Leviston on his website in 2010 as part of his ongoing feud with Rick Ross.

The jury’s decision comes just two weeks after the rapper was ordered to pay Leviston $5 million for emotional distress and invasion of privacy.

During Friday’s court proceedings, the lawyer for Leviston urged the Manhattan Supreme Court jury on the case to order Jackson to pay Leviston $15 million in punitive damages. Jackson’s attorney had asked them to order he pay $700,000, according to the New York Daily News.

The jury has now reportedly settled on $2 million.

On Tuesday, Jackson appeared in court and testified that the appearance that he’s wealthy is all for show as he “takes the jewelry and the cars back to the stores.

However, he did admit that he recently visited a Florida strip club, where he was seen throwing around cash. And he bought a Rolls Royce, but the rapper said he had to trade in two other cars to get it, according to the New York Daily News.

“His true financial condition has been exposed as a result of this trial,” said Jackson’s attorney, James Renard, reports NYDN.

“Although we appreciate the jury’s service, we are disappointed in the result,” said a statement given to BI by Renard, partner at Brewer, Attorneys & Counselors.

“Our client intends to file post-verdict, pre-judgment motions which we believe should reduce the size of the award. Ultimately, the fate of any obligation to pay a final judgment will be determined by the bankruptcy court,” he added.



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