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Lawyer accused of hitting rapper Fats Joe’s course of server along with his automotive
Rapper Fats Joe attends an NBA basketball recreation between the New York Knicks and the Boston Celtics at Madison Sq. Backyard on Could 16 in New York Metropolis. (Photograph by Al Bello/Getty Images)
A lawyer was arrested on an assault cost Wednesday for allegedly hitting a course of server along with his car Could 12 whereas making an attempt to evade service of authorized paperwork, in keeping with revealed experiences.
The lawyer, Tyrone Blackburn, was allegedly making an attempt to keep away from service of a lawsuit filed by rapper Joseph “Fats Joe” Cartagena that accuses the legal professional and his consumer, former Fats Joe hype man Terrance Dixon, of extortion, defamation and intentional infliction of emotional misery.
Blackburn allegedly put his automotive in reverse and hit the 66-year-old course of server within the leg when he backed up, TMZ experiences. The damage was minor.
The Brooklyn district legal professional’s workplace in New York charged Blackburn with assault, harassment, reckless driving and legal possession of a weapon, Billboard experiences.
The go well with being served was associated to 2 demand letters despatched to Fats Joe, the rapper’s lawyer, Joe Tacopina, told NBC News. The primary claimed that Dixon was due cash for allegedly serving as a ghostwriter and a vocalist on a number of Fats Joe songs. The second threatened a go well with that additionally included claims of statutory rape, intercourse trafficking and fraud, in keeping with a June 25 press release by Fats Joe’s authorized staff.
Tacopina mentioned the demand letter claims are “false and outrageous” and made “with utter disregard for reality or decency.”
Blackburn and Dixon filed a $20 million RICO go well with in opposition to Fats Joe on the identical day that the police issued a warrant for Blackburn’s arrest, Tacopina instructed NBC Information. The go well with contained a “set off warning” on the prime warning about depictions of alleged intercourse trafficking and assault, USA Today experiences.
Fats Joe’s authorized staff mentioned in a June 19 press release Blackburn and Dixon’s “retaliatory” go well with is “a determined try and deflect consideration from the civil go well with we filed first, which uncovered their coordinated scheme to extort” the rapper. The go well with allegations “are full fabrications,” the assertion mentioned.
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