A jury ordered rapper Soulja Boy to pay $ 4 million to a woman who accused him of sexual assault during their relationship of almost two years.
On Thursday, a jury in Santa Monica, California, found the 34 -year -old rapper – whose real name is Deandre Cortez Way – responsible for a handful of complaints including a sexual battery, assault and an imprisonment in a trial included by a woman who said she worked as assistant. A Way representative had previously called the “nonsense” case.
According to the 36 -year -old woman, who filed her complaint anonymously, raped her regularly and beaten her regularly and sometimes kept her as a prisoner. During her three -day testimony, the woman said that when she started working for Way, she weighed around 150 lb of books, reports the courthouse.
“I had about 86 pounds when I managed to get away from him,” she said, adding: “I didn’t even feel human. I felt like an animal.”
The woman also said that even if she was working for Way, she didn’t have a car and her phone “disappeared” with her driving license. At one point, she said that Way had said to her: “Slut, I have your license.”
The woman testified that despite the ill -treatment of the manner of her, at some point, the two fell in love and were in something like a consensual relationship, reports the short news. According to the text messages indicated before the court that the point of sale examined, the woman and the manner expressed love for each other at certain times.
Other times, Way would apologize to the woman and say: “Babe come back, let’s talk seriously” and “Are you going ok … I’m sorry that I love you please.” A text message from the woman read: “You think you can keep hitting me, you’re crazy.”
After the trial of three weeks, Way was also tried responsible for the allegations of intentional infliction of emotional distress, sexual harassment and non-payment of wages. He was authorized to claim false imprisonment and constructive release, reports the courthouse of the courthouse.
In a statement reported by USA Today, woman’s lawyer Ron Zambrano, said: “We are happy that our client was confirmed and the jury believed that his claims of physical and sexual assault … We are impatient to move on to the phase of punitive damages of the case.”
Meanwhile, Way’s lawyer Rickey Ivie said that the woman composed her story and was rather motivated by greed. “She wanted to be paid … This is what this affair is because it is not the truth,” said IVie.
