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THE RAPPER 50 Cent’s recent bankruptcy filing has drawn attention to a court hearing last month where a lawyer for a woman who sued him grilled about his notoriously flashy lifestyle.
50 Cent, whose real name is Curtis Jackson, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after he lost a lawsuit brought by a woman named Lastonia Leviston whose sex tape he published on the internet.
The rapper was ordered to pay $5 million, and an attorney for Leviston has suggested he only filed for bankruptcy to avoid paying up in the lawsuit. During a hearing in Manhattan earlier this month, attorney Philip Freidin pressed 50 Cent repeatedly about his assets, earning opportunities, and showy lifestyle.
50 Cent admitted that he had a home with the following amenities:
Here’s the exchange about 50 Cent’s house from the court transcript, which Business Insider has obtained:
Lawyer: What about your home, let’s talk about your home. That home has 17 acres?
50 Cent: Right.
Lawyer: Twenty-one bedrooms?
50 Cent: Yeah.
Lawyer: You own that home, right?
50 Cent: Yes.
Lawyer: And it has 24 bathrooms?
50 Cent: Yes.
Lawyer: Tennis court?
50 Cent: Yes.
Lawyer: Basketball court?
50 Cent: No tennis court.
Lawyer: No tennis court?
50 Cent: No.
Lawyer: Are you sure?
50 Cent: Yeah.
Lawyer: Basketball court?
50 Cent: Yes.
Lawyer: Your own personal nightclub?
50 Cent: Yes.
Lawyer: In the house, right?
50 Cent: Yes.
Lawyer: You’ve got a movie theater in the house?
50 Cent: Yes.
Lawyer: You’ve got a large swimming pool?
50 Cent: There is a swimming pool.
Lawyer: And a grotto?
50 Cent: Yep.
We reached out to a representative for 50 Cent for comment on this exchange, and we will update the post if we hear back.
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How in hell was those conditions allowed to continue?
Surely some of the staff should have spoken up? A terrible situation.
You don’t try to treat animals like that if you have any form of decency!
It’s absolutely disgraceful how the most vulnerable in our society are treated. shocking
I totally agree with both of you, The most vulnerable in society the young and elderly must be cherished and protected especially from a cowboy like the owner of this nursing home.
Unfortunately, it is the residents who will end up being most effected, this was their home and now they will be moved elsewhere, very traumatic for anyone but especially the elderly. I hope they throw the book at the owner.
This residential home isn’t far from me, and it faces directly out to sea so imagine the wind chill alone especially during the cold snap last year. It is sickening to think that business men have been allowed to operate and profit for years from these types of institutions. My heart goes out to the residents and their families. I’m sure creevala and ross trevor are only the tip of the iceberg in these investigations.
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