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Busta Rhymes Settles Assault Lawsuit From 2005

Wednesday, May 23, 2007
By: Kenny Rodriguez

Busta Rhymes has settled a lawsuit filed against him by a former fan who claimed he was beaten down by the rapper and his bodyguard in 2005.

Melvin Smith alleged that Rhymes and a bodyguard assaulted him at Gramercy Deli in Manhattan back in 2005, after he went up to Rhymes to request an autograph.

The settlement came a day before Rhymes was scheduled to appear before Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Emily Jane Goodman in an attempt to have the $100,000 judgment thrown out.

Rhymes previously defaulted in the case by failing to respond.

He recently filed an affidavit claiming he didn’t know about the lawsuit because process servers went to his ex-girlfriend’s home in Baldwin, L.I. instead of his house, and he never received a copy of the legal papers.

“While I own the property, I have no access to it,” Rhymes said in the affidavit, adding he is required by court order "to provide this home for the mother of my three children, from whom I am estranged and with whom I have been embroiled in child-custody proceedings for over two years.”

Rhymes also declared in the affidavit that he never assaulted Smith.

Terms of the settlement are undisclosed.

(13) Comments | Post a comment »

F*ck that faggot ass snitch who told on busta, be a man. I swear n*ggas can't just take a good ol' fashioned, passionate ass whoopin' like back in the day. Either n*ggas using lawyers or guns, F*ck*n' pussies. Man the F*ck up!

Posted by kingjames313

I understand u say dont snitch but he got jumped so u cant honestly say that pullin a gun is a P*ss* move can u?

Posted by CLeigh

Wats up

Posted by penny

If i was dat fan i would of try 2 get some money from busta, remember these Mu'fukkahs r rich n we are broke fans tryin 2 cop their album, all i have 2 say 2 busta jus pay the money b4 u go 2 jail

Posted by sha

Wen opportunity knocks on ur grab it,that how ma boy decided 2 get paid(undue enrichment),F*ck dat.

Posted by mmea

Yo kingjames313 u a dumbass n*gga when u got the chance to amke that money u make it bust is a F*ck P*ss* ass n*gga wit 100 bodygaurds why cant he give anautograph or take a picture he makes millions thats the life he has picked for himself.....oh yeah kingjames313 is a P*ss* ass n*gga

Posted by DJALLDAY

Man F*ck busta Bia'ch he is garbage . Never like him he had some freak sh*ta ass songs , i get that n*gga for all he gots

Posted by steve10

Just listen to it, its too much : (

Posted by Kat

Im sorry but it's all about the girl/ladys/bit*hs what ever !

Posted by Kat

Busta is a big dude and he's a rap veteran.. How can a dude be in the game this long and be a pu$$y a$$ n!gga or whatever the F*ck you say.. He kicked a$$ in hiher learning remember that flick?

Posted by G Funk

I agree wit kingjames313 you gotta stand up for ya damn self instead of going to popo like a lil Bia'ch

Posted by Kap1

If people does not like busta why do they take there tmie to write sh*t about him

Posted by carlitos

I feel ya carlitos.

Posted by Azup