Jun 10, 2008 4:50 pm US/Central
NYC Judge Tells 50 Cent To Hold On To Property
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State Supreme Court Justice Carol Edmead also ordered the rapper (real name: Curtis Jackson) to put any insurance proceeds he might receive into a trust account pending the outcome of the $50 million lawsuit filed against him earlier this year by Shaniqua
AP
A judge Tuesday ordered 50 Cent to hold on to the property where a
$2.4 million house at the center of a bitter dispute with his
ex-girlfriend burned to the ground last month.
State Supreme Court Justice Carol Edmead also ordered the rapper
(real name: Curtis Jackson) to put any insurance proceeds he might
receive into a trust account pending the outcome of the $50 million
lawsuit filed against him earlier this year by Shaniqua Tompkins.
Tompkins' lawyer, Paul Catsandonis, requested the orders so his
client can have access to some of 50 Cent's assets if she wins a
judgment. He said 50 Cent, who was not present in court, agreed years
ago to give Tompkins half of his earnings for life.
The home has been the subject of an intense feud between the entertainer and Tompkins.
Tompkins, 32, claims he promised her a house more than a decade ago
while she was supporting him, but that since their breakup, he has been
trying to evict her and their 11-year-old son, Marquise, from the home.
The mansion in the Long Island community of Dix Hills was destroyed
in a suspicious fire May 30. Authorities are still investigating the
blaze.
Tompkins said outside court Tuesday that 50 Cent had threatened her
earlier that week — a charge the rapper's lawyer, Brett Kimmel, denied.
Kimmel said his client had nothing to do with the fire and was in
Louisiana at the time making a movie.
Six people, including Tompkins and her son, were treated for smoke inhalation. The rapper didn't live there.
Also during the hearing, Edmead ordered Tompkins to pay 50 Cent
$4,500 in rent for May by Friday. The rapper pays Tompkins $6,700 a
month in child support, $4,500 of that as a housing allowance.
Tompkins, who started dating 50 Cent in 1995 when she was 15, said
Tuesday that she is broke. "All we have are the clothes we jumped out
of the window with," she said.
Tompkins denounced her former companion for failing to contact her
or his son after the blaze. She said her son was "traumatized" by his
father remaining on a movie set and failing to call after the home was
destroyed.
"He's not a good father," she said. "He doesn't care about his son at all."
The rapper has been nominated for 13 Grammys, including nominations
for the song "In da Club" and the album "Get Rich or Die Tryin'." In
2005, he starred with Terrence Howard in a semi-autobiographical movie
based on that album.
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