Lastonia Leviston, Rick Ross’ baby mother and the woman seen in the
now infamous sex tape that sparked the feud between Rozay and 50 Cent,
is suing Fifty for violating her civil rights by publishing the tape and
inflicting emotional harm, according to reports. Leviston appeared in a
Manhattan courtroom on Monday (June 15) as her lawyer, Philip Freidin,
told jurors in explicit detail what goes on in the video and how Fifty
destroyed her emotionally. Leviston’s lawyer also claimed that his
client was used as a way for the G-Unit head honcho to profit from the
beef between him and Rozay. According to the New York Daily News,
Freidin told jurors that Fifty used the sex tape and feud with Rick Ross
to boost traffic to his website where he sold merchandise, concert
tickets and music. By Feb. 2009, right around the time the sex tape was
leaked, Fitty’s web traffic had jumped 60%.
Unsurprisingly Fifty and his lawyer, James Renard, are calling B.S.
on Leviston’s claims. According to the Daily News, Renard told jurors
that after she filed the lawsuit against his client, Rozay moved his
baby mother into a three-bedroom house in a gated community in Pembroke
Pines, Florida. “Her life is better because she filed this lawsuit
against Rick Ross’ rival,” Renard told the courtroom. Renard also argued
that the rapper’s computer was hacked and someone stole the sextape
before he could post it to his website.
While Fifty and Leviston battle it out in court, the Queens rapper is
suing Rick Ross, claiming that it was Ross, or someone from his camp,
who leaked the sex tape and should cover any judgement against him in
his lawsuit with Leviston.
Xavier Donaldson, Rick Ross’ attorney, released the following statement on behalf of Ross:
The recent lawsuit filed by Curtis Jackson against Mr. William
Roberts is clearly another attempt to draw attention to his descending
entertainment career and one of several desperate, last minute attempts
he’s made to avoid and deflect legal and financial responsibility for
his own actions related to the pending New York City civil trial in
which he’s a defendant.
The New York City lawsuit was filed against Curtis Jackson five
years ago. Mr. Roberts was neither named as a defendant nor legally
joined by Mr. Jackson in that suit. If and/or when Mr. Jackson properly
serves Mr. Roberts, we will aggressively address and defend against
these frivolous and futile claims.

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