A jury decided on Friday that 50 Cent, who may or may not actually be as broke as he says he is, must pay an additional $2 million in punitive damages to Lastonia Leviston, the Associated Press reports.
Leviston had filed an invasion-of-privacy lawsuit against the rapper, alleging that he posted to the Internet a sex tape she had made with a boyfriend in 2008, which 50 Cent had acquired, edited, and narrated. (Leviston has a child with Rick Ross. 50 Cent was feuding with Rick Ross at the time. Rick Ross is not in the video.)
Two weeks ago, jurors ordered 50 Cent to pay Leviston $5 million. After the verdict, 50 Cent, born Curtis Jackson III, filed for bankruptcy protection in Connecticut, which a judge later overruled.
According to the AP, 50 Cent’s lawyer said in a statement that they were disappointed with the verdict and would ask the court to reduce the jury’s award.
[h/t :gawker]
