05/22/07

GWest · 05-22-2007, 11:59 AM

Busta Rhymes settled a suit yesterday just one day before he was supposed to appear in Manhattan Supreme Court to try to convince Justice Emily Jane Goodman to throw out Melvin Smith's $100,000 judgment against him.

Smith's suit charged that Rhymes and a bodyguard beat him when he approached the rapper for an autograph in 2005.

Rhymes defaulted in the case late last year, but recently filed papers saying he didn't know about the suit because he'd never been served with a copy of the legal papers. He said Smith's process servers had mistakenly gone to where his five cars were registered - his ex-girlfriend's home in Baldwin, L.I.

"While I own the property, I have no access to it," he said.

"I was required" by court order "to provide this home for the mother of my three children, from whom I am estranged and with whom I have been embroiled in child-custody proceedings for over two years," he said.

In the same affidavit, he insists he never assaulted Smith during their run-in at the Gramercy Deli on Park Avenue.

The terms of the deal were not disclosed.

SOURCE:HHNLive.com

$$Madskillz$$ · 05-22-2007, 09:33 PM

hope he stays outta trouble

3percent · 05-23-2007, 01:30 AM

lol... people exadurate EVERYTHING THESE DAYS! get pushed call a lawyer LOL! thats the way to deal...NOT

05-22-2007, 11:59 AM	#1
GWest Banned Join Date: May 2006 Location: D-Town (Delano, CA) Posts: 4,118 Thanks: 982 Thanked 2,962 Times in 334 Posts	05/22/07 - Busta Rhymes Settles Lawsuit 05/22/07 - Busta Rhymes Settles Lawsuit Busta Rhymes settled a suit yesterday just one day before he was supposed to appear in Manhattan Supreme Court to try to convince Justice Emily Jane Goodman to throw out Melvin Smith's $100,000 judgment against him. Smith's suit charged that Rhymes and a bodyguard beat him when he approached the rapper for an autograph in 2005. Rhymes defaulted in the case late last year, but recently filed papers saying he didn't know about the suit because he'd never been served with a copy of the legal papers. He said Smith's process servers had mistakenly gone to where his five cars were registered - his ex-girlfriend's home in Baldwin, L.I. "While I own the property, I have no access to it," he said. "I was required" by court order "to provide this home for the mother of my three children, from whom I am estranged and with whom I have been embroiled in child-custody proceedings for over two years," he said. In the same affidavit, he insists he never assaulted Smith during their run-in at the Gramercy Deli on Park Avenue. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. SOURCE:HHNLive.com

05-22-2007, 09:33 PM	#2
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05-23-2007, 01:30 AM	#3
3percent Veteran Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: K-Dubbz - Ya Hear'd Me Posts: 1,828 Thanks: 12 Thanked 51 Times in 3 Posts	lol... people exadurate EVERYTHING THESE DAYS! get pushed call a lawyer LOL! thats the way to deal...NOT __________________ I Have Lots To Say When I Say IT! But For Now Chill....Cause I Didn't say IT! BUT I WILL!

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