DMX to Pay USD 1.5 Million in Damages in Defamation Lawsuit
UPPER MARLBORO, Md. DMX has existed ordered to give USD 1.5 000 000 to the female parent of his nestling after the rapper-actor neglected to look in court to support himself against allegements of calumny.
DMX, whose real name is Earl Simmons, was litigated by Monique Wayne for calumny of fictional character after he allegedly told a mag that Wayne sacked him during a 2003 hotel stay in Baltimore, taking to her gestation.
Wayne reacted to the inputs by filing a USD 6 000 000 cause against Simmons in Prince George’s County Circuit Court in October 2006.
Judge Thomas Smith ruled in Wayne’s favour Friday when Simmons didn’t seem at the scheduled court learning. He ordination Simmons to give Wayne USD 518,400 in recompense and USD 1 000 000 in punitory penalties, fitting in to Wayne’s attorney, Stephanie Moran.
“The judgement of the judicature speaks to the exorbitance of what Mr. Simmons emphasised about Miss Wayne and that such false arguments will non be brooked,” Moran informated.
A attorney for Simmons didn’t return calls Tuesday quest comment.
In any case his top-selling records, Simmons has moved in films admitting “Never Die Alone,” “Romeo Must Die” and “Cradle 2 the Grave.”