It’s nothing to his pockets, but a hit to the ego when it comes to his battle with Ricky Rozay. Curtis Jackson has been ordered to pay Lastonia Leviston, 5 million for leaking her sex tape.
The jurors deliberated for just over an hour before awarding Leviston $2.5 million in damages for using her image without her permission — and another $2.5 mil for intentional infliction of emotional distress reports the New York Daily News.
Those figures could be multiplied next week, when the jury weights punitive damages against the “Get Rich or Die Tryin'” star.
The rapper, whose real name is Curtis Jackson, didn’t show up to testify at the trial, which started June 15th, and he wasn’t in court for the verdict. Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Paul Wooten told the jurors they were allowed to take note of his absence — which was made even more notable because he was in New York at the time, celebrating his 40th birthday.
Leviston’s attorney was seeking $20 million initially.