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06-30-2015, 07:32 PM
Rapper The Game Ordered To Pay $200K For Instagram Comments About Nanny
LOS ANGELES (CNS/FOX 11) - A Los Angeles judge overseeing what may be the first Instagram-related libel case ordered rapper The Game to pay more than $200,000 to a former nanny for his children who the singer defamed in a rant on social media.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mitchell Beckloff issued a $200,627 default judgment against the singer on June 10. Plaintiff Karen Monroe alleged defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress. She sued the 35-year-old rapper
in July 2013 after he allegedly ranted about her on Instagram, accusing her of neglecting his children and describing her as "a very dangerous baby sitter.''
The suit alleged The Game falsely stated that he fired Monroe for screaming at his children, having sex with her boyfriend in his children's room, and that she left Northern California to "escape from her past of inappropriately touching children.''
Monroe's attorney, Manu Elloie, moved for a default judgment after The Game, whose real name is Jayceon Terrell Taylor, did not respond to the suit.
Elloie said millions of people saw the posting, prompting death threats against Monroe and causing her to lose her job as a nanny to singer Kelis.
In his seven-page ruling, Beckloff said Monroe received many postings amounting to "profane slurs'' on her social media accounts in response to The Game's statements, including "You can rape as many kids as you want and catch
diseases'' and "Take your passport and go to Africa.''
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LOS ANGELES (CNS/FOX 11) - A Los Angeles judge overseeing what may be the first Instagram-related libel case ordered rapper The Game to pay more than $200,000 to a former nanny for his children who the singer defamed in a rant on social media.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mitchell Beckloff issued a $200,627 default judgment against the singer on June 10. Plaintiff Karen Monroe alleged defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress. She sued the 35-year-old rapper
in July 2013 after he allegedly ranted about her on Instagram, accusing her of neglecting his children and describing her as "a very dangerous baby sitter.''
The suit alleged The Game falsely stated that he fired Monroe for screaming at his children, having sex with her boyfriend in his children's room, and that she left Northern California to "escape from her past of inappropriately touching children.''
Monroe's attorney, Manu Elloie, moved for a default judgment after The Game, whose real name is Jayceon Terrell Taylor, did not respond to the suit.
Elloie said millions of people saw the posting, prompting death threats against Monroe and causing her to lose her job as a nanny to singer Kelis.
In his seven-page ruling, Beckloff said Monroe received many postings amounting to "profane slurs'' on her social media accounts in response to The Game's statements, including "You can rape as many kids as you want and catch
diseases'' and "Take your passport and go to Africa.''
Rapper The Game Ordered To Pay $200K For Instagram Comments Abou - KTVU - (http://www.ktvu.com/story/29435958/rapper-the-game-ordered-to-pay-200k-for-instagram-comments-about-nanny)
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