A Los Angeles radio host desires 50 Cent to face the music, alleging in a lawsuit filed on Thursday that the “Sweet Store” rapper chucked a microphone at her head throughout a live performance in August.
Bryhana Monegain, a noon host for hip-hop station Energy 106 FM, filed her lawsuit in Los Angeles County Superior Court docket. On the centre of the grievance, reviewed by The LA Instances, is an August 30, 2023, cease on 50 Cent’s Closing Lap tour at downtown LA’s Crypto.com Enviornment.
Monegain alleges that fifty Cent (actual title Curtis Jackson) threw his microphone “in the direction of a crowded space” after realising that it was not working throughout his efficiency. This triggered “the microphone to strike plaintiff’s face and left wrist,” leading to “extreme and everlasting” accidents, the grievance mentioned.
After the incident, the lawsuit added, Monegain instantly obtained care on the Los Angeles Basic Medical Centre emergency division for accidents together with a concussion, “laceration over her brow” and ache in her left wrist.
Monegain, who additionally complained of “dizziness, complications, mild and sound sensitivity, and nausea,” alleges that she nonetheless suffers from her accidents and “emotional misery.”
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Representatives for 50 Cent didn’t instantly reply to The Instances’ request for touch upon Friday. Representatives for co-defendants Anschutz Leisure Group (AEG) – which owns Crypto.com Enviornment – and Jackson’s G-Unit additionally didn’t instantly reply to The Instances’ requests for remark.
Video of fifty Cent throwing his microphone off the stage throughout his Los Angeles present circulated on social media in August. The footage confirmed the “P.I.M.P.” rapper, 48, swapping and throwing his microphones twice – gently tossing the primary one away, then hurling the opposite into the group.
A number of shops together with TMZ and PageSix revealed photographs of a bandaged Monegain and her accidents, displaying a bloody wound on the radio character’s brow.
TMZ reported that the rapper was not concentrating on Monegain but additionally that she was not imagined to be within the restricted space the place he threw his mic. She reportedly informed police that the rapper seemed instantly at her earlier than throwing the system, in keeping with TMZ.
Regardless of who the assailant is, this alleged act of negligence and violence is unacceptable, and we’ll maintain 50 Cent and his co-defendants accountable for his or her alleged actions
In an August assertion shared with PageSix, the rapper’s lawyer Scott Leemon denied the assault allegation: “Let’s be very clear … my shopper Curtis would by no means deliberately strike anybody with a microphone.”
He added: “Anybody saying one thing totally different doesn’t have all of the information and is misinformed.”
Morgan & Morgan, the legislation agency representing Monegain, condemned the August incident and referenced 50 Cent’s “In Da Membership” to specific confidence of their case.
“Regardless of who the assailant is, this alleged act of negligence and violence is unacceptable, and we’ll maintain 50 Cent and his co-defendants accountable for his or her alleged actions,” the assertion mentioned.
“Mr. Jackson has himself beforehand mentioned that ‘If the speak ain’t [a]bout cash, homie, I ain’t involved,’ so we’re assured our shopper will probably be pretty and justly compensated for the accidents she suffered.”
Monegain, who demanded a trial by jury, is looking for an undisclosed quantity for damages together with medical bills, authorized charges and previous and future wage loss.
50 Cent is about to carry his Closing Lap tour – the Twentieth-anniversary celebration of his Grammy-winning album “Get Wealthy or Die Tryin’ – to extra levels later this yr. On March 1, he’ll carry out at Houston Livestock Present and Rodeo in Texas. Days later, he’ll take his hits to the Speaking Stick Resort Amphitheatre in Phoenix.
