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Victor in 50 Cent sex tape case requests that bankruptcy not halt proceedings
By Chris Cooke | Published on Wednesday 15 July 2015
Lawyers for the woman who 50 Cent was meant to be paying $5 million in relation to an invasion of privacy incident have asked that her legal case be allowed to continue, despite the rapper applying for bankruptcy protection earlier this week.
As previously reported, Fiddy was ordered to pay $5 million in damages after leaking a sex tape featuring Lastonia Leviston. The rapper facilitated the publishing of the tape online as part of an ongoing feud with Rick Ross, who has a child with Leviston.
In addition to the $5 million, the court was due to review 50 Cent’s finances and decide whether he should also be made to pay punitive damages. But the rapper’s bankruptcy proceedings have put all of that on hold, a turn of events that some reckon motivated Fiddy’s decision to apply for so called Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the first place.
With that in mind, Leviston’s attorney has asked the Bankruptcy Court to rule that the automatic freezing of any legal proceedings involving the rapper, which occurred when he applied for Chapter 11, not apply to her case. It remains to be seen how the court responds.
