50 Cent given court date for allegedly uploading a revenge porn video of Rick Ross' ex girlfriend to YouTube
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50 Cent, real name Curtis Jackson, is to stand trial in June for allegedly uploading a video of Rick Ross' former partner having sex with an ex boyfriend, Maurice Murray, reports New York Daily News.
The publication says that court papers allege that the video featuring Lastonia Leviston was given to Jackson by Murray in 2009. They also state that Jackson inserted himself into the video and obscured Murray's face but not Leviston's. She said that the shock of the video caused her to feel suicidal.
Leviston has a child with Ross. She sued Jackson in 2010 for emotional distress.
Ross and Jackson have a long-running rivalry. Jackson has referred to Ross as "fat boy" on social media in the past, and Ross has rapped about Jackson in song "Mafia Music", referring to him as "stupid" and "jealous".
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