A Federal Court has ordered the city of Los Angeles to pay the Christopher Wallace family for withholding evidence in the Biggie Smalls civil suit... LA. Times continued...In a stinging rebuke, a federal judge Friday ordered the city of Los Angeles to pay $1.1 million in attorney fees and costs to the family of slain rap artist Notorious B.I.G. as sanctions for intentionally withholding evidence.
U.S. District Judge Florence-Marie Cooper declared a mistrial last summer in the family's civil lawsuit after finding that a Los Angeles Police Department detective hid statements linking the killing to rogue LAPD Officers David A. Mack and Rafael Perez, a central figure in the Rampart police scandal.
At the time, city attorneys protested that the statements had come from a jailhouse informant seeking special treatment, and robbery-homicide Det. Steven Katz insisted that he had overlooked the transcript of the remarks in his desk.
But Cooper ruled that Katz and perhaps others had deliberately concealed the information and said it could have bolstered the family's contention that Mack was involved in the killing.
The sanctions followed a series of legal volleys in which Cooper asked the plaintiffs' attorneys to submit fees and costs — and the city to contest those calculations.
Though Cooper didn't give the family the $2 million it originally sought, she left open the possibility of an additional award of $300,000. (More at L.A. Times)
B.I.G. Duets: The Final Chapter remains strong: Bad Boy Fans, and rap-hip hop fans have kept up strong sales of the Biggie Smalls, B.I.G. Duets, as it remains #1 on Billboard's top rap albums since its Dec. 19th release. While, The Final Chapter's "Nasty Girl" video remains one of MTV's most requested videos..Forever Live The Notorious B.I.G.
A recent ad for Estee Lauder fragrance "Unforgivable" featured Sean "Diddy" Combs with two scantily clad women has been pulled, after being called too racy for department stores.The ad featured the hip-hop/fashion mogul in bed with two females, in a situation that implied a threesome. Estee Lauder ad was thought to be inappropriate for family department stores, and has been replaced with another, featuring Diddy and a single model.John Demsey, global president of Estee Lauder, says, "It is unfortunate that some people were so uncomfortable with something with that much sexual presence." Billboard ads that featured the original three will remain unchanged.Unforgivable by Estee Lauder is available with 2.5-ounce bottle, found only at Saks Inc.'s Saks Fifth Avenue, sells for $300. A less expensive version will be in 1,800 department stores starting on Feb. 15.Bad Boy addition,Elephant Man recently told the UK's BBC, he's officially part of Bad Boy also, “The album title's Ova Di Wall. Nuttin' nah change, the only difference is that it's on Bad Boy." And related news, it has been rumored Killer Mike, of Outkast, will be joining Bad Boy records.
Another trial can be wrote in the history of Sean "Diddy" Combs, this one went better then the past few.. No money exchanged, no time, no mo' problems; the case Kirk Burrowes (former President of BBWEG) vs. Sean Combs (CEO BBWEG)... The State of New York appeals court has finally sided with the Bad Boy head, the Court tossed out a claim Mr. Burrowes was threatened (with a baseball bat) by his former Boss to sell his stake of Bad Boy Worldwide Entertainment Group.. The alleged incident occured in 1996 can only lead one to believe, the former employee was trying to extort his former boss of thousands of dollars through a legal settlement...
