Despite filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Monday in order to “stop things moving forward that you don’t want moving forward,” as he put it to E! News, a Connecticut judge has ruled that rapper 50 Cent will still have to appear in court over a sex tape he posted online. Lastonia Leviston, who appears in the film, won a $5 million compensatory damages verdict on July 10 and was expected to hear a ruling on punitive damages on Monday, but the case was halted due to the rapper’s bankruptcy filing.
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