Mwanaume aliyemshtaki Sean "Diddy" Combs kwa kumnyanyasa kingono katika sherehe iliyofanyika karibu miaka 30 iliyopita ameshinda kesi ya madai ya dola milioni 100, kulingana na ripoti ya
Detroit Metro Times.
Derrick Lee Cardello-Smith, mfungwa wa miaka 51 huko Michigan, alipewa amri ya muda ya kumzuia Combs na kisha mwezi Juni alifungua kesi ya madai akidai alileweshwa kwa dawa na kisha kunyanyaswa kingono na nyota huyo kwenye sherehe mwaka 1997.
Kwa kuwa Combs alikosa kufika mahakamani Jumatatu kwa ajili ya kusikiliza kesi hiyo, Jaji wa Mahakama ya Circuit ya Kaunti ya Lenawee alimhukumu Cardello-Smith kupata malipo ya dola milioni 100 kama fidia na kuanzisha mpango wa malipo wa dola milioni 10 kila mwezi kuanzia tarehe 1 Oktoba, kulingana na
Variety.
Cardello-Smith, ambaye gazeti la
Detroit Metro Times limemwelezea kuwa na "historia ndefu ya kupinga mfumo wa kisheria kwa kufungua kesi za madai," aliliambia gazeti hilo kuwa Combs alimtembelea kwenye Gereza la Earnest C. Brooks na kumtaka kukubali dola milioni 2.3 kama fidia ya nje ya mahakama (alisema alikataa ofa hiyo).
Combs, ambaye amekumbwa na kesi kadhaa katika mwaka uliopita zinazomhusisha na unyanyasaji wa kingono, amekanusha madai hayo. Mwakilishi wake wa kisheria hakutoa tamko lolote kwa
Forbes siku ya Jumanne.
Soma Pia: Diddy ashtakiwa tena, adaiwa kumlazimisha Ngono na Dawa za Kulevya Mtayarishaji Muziki wake
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Court Orders Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs To Pay $100 Million To Man Who Accused Him Of Sexual Assault
A man who accused Sean “Diddy” Combs of sexually assaulting him at a party almost 30 years ago has won a $100 million default judgment in a civil lawsuit against the music producer and entrepreneur, the Detroit Metro Times first reported.
Derrick Lee Cardello-Smith, a 51-year-old inmate in Michigan, was granted a temporary restraining order against Combs and in June filed a civil lawsuit claiming he was drugged and then sexually assaulted by the star at a party in 1997.
Because Combs failed to appear for a hearing in the case Monday, a Lenawee County Circuit Court Judge awarded Cardello-Smith a $100 million default judgment and set a payment schedule of $10 million per month, starting October 1, according to Variety.
Cardello-Smith, who is described by the Detroit Metro Times as having a "long history of challenging the judicial system with civil lawsuits,” told the paper Combs visited him at the Earnest C. Brooks Correctional Facility and offered him $2.3 million to settle the lawsuit out of court (he said he denied the offer).
Combs, who has been hit with half a dozen lawsuits in the last year claiming sexual misconduct, has denied the allegations against him.A legal representative for Combs did not immediately respond to Forbes’ request for comment Tuesday.
SOURCE: FORBES