A Los Angeles radio host needs 50 Cent to face the music, alleging in a lawsuit filed 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 Courtroom. On the heart of the grievance, reviewed by The Occasions, is an Aug. 30, 2023, cease on 50 Cent’s Last Lap tour at downtown L.A.’s Crypto.com Enviornment.
Monegain alleges that fifty Cent (actual identify Curtis Jackson) threw his microphone “in the direction of a crowded space” after realizing that it was not working throughout his efficiency. This induced “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 Middle emergency division for accidents together with a concussion, “laceration over her brow” and ache in her left wrist.
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Monegain, who additionally complained of “dizziness, complications, mild and sound sensitivity, and nausea,” alleges that she nonetheless suffers from her accidents and “emotional misery.”
Representatives for 50 Cent didn’t instantly reply to The Occasions’ request for remark 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 Occasions’ 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.
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A number of retailers together with TMZ and PageSix revealed photographs of a bandaged Monegain and her accidents, displaying a bloody wound on the radio persona’s brow. TMZ reported that the rapper was not focusing on Monegain but additionally that she was not alleged to be within the restricted space the place he threw his mic. She reportedly advised police that the rapper appeared instantly at her earlier than throwing the machine, in response to TMZ.
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 completely different doesn’t have all of the information and is misinformed.”
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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 are going to 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 can be pretty and justly compensated for the accidents she suffered.”
Monegain, who demanded a trial by jury, is searching for an undisclosed quantity for damages together with medical bills, authorized charges and previous and future wage loss.
50 Cent is about to deliver his Last Lap tour — the Twentieth-anniversary celebration of his Grammy-winning album “Get Wealthy or Die Tryin’ — to extra phases 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.
Occasions workers author Nardine Saad contributed to this report.
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