A jury dominated in Damon Sprint’s favor over accusations that the Roc-A-Fella Data co-founder sexually assaulted a photographer at his dwelling.
The four-day trial ended on Wednesday with a jury discovering Sprint not chargeable for the sexual battery he was accused of, Billboard reviews.
Monique Bunn misplaced the lawsuit she filed towards Sprint in 2019 accusing the hip-hop mogul of inappropriately touching her whereas she slept at his home throughout a video venture.
Bunn added defamation to the lawsuit after Sprint known as her out on social media and accused her of charging 1000’s to his bank card with out permission. Sprint testified on the trial and known as Bunn’s allegations “ridiculous” and labeled her a “con artist.”
Final week, Bunn testified and recalled her claims of waking up inside Sprint’s daughters’ room to “one thing on the left aspect of my like decrease again onto my butt, down my thigh,” Law360 reviews. Bunn additionally claimed that Sprint’s social media put up and radio interview which talked about her, ended her profession.
“I misplaced the whole lot, I’ve nothing,” she stated.
Whereas Bunn misplaced on the sexual assault claims, jurors did discover Sprint chargeable for defamation and awarded Bunn simply $30,000 in damages on that declare. The $30,000 is way under the tens of tens of millions the photographer was looking for from the lawsuit.
Bunn accused Sprint of stealing 100,000 photographs she took of hip-hop artists. She was looking for $50 million for the sexual assault declare in addition to $1,500 per stolen photograph, for a whopping complete of $200 million in damages, as famous by The Jasmine Model.
Along with the assault and defamation, Bunn additionally claimed Sprint refused to return numerous photographs he allegedly took from her. Whereas the choose dominated that Sprint was chargeable for that declare, Bunn obtained no monetary reward for the stolen photographs.
Following the decision, Bunn stated she was “grateful to the jury for the outcome on my defamation declare” and that she was “happy I can transfer ahead” after 4 years of litigation.
