50 Cent Clowns Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s $100M Defamation Lawsuit
This time, the target of his taunts is longtime frenemy Floyd Mayweather Jr., who recently filed a $100 million federal lawsuit against Business Insider, its parent company Insider Inc., and reporter Daniel Geiger.
Filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, the lawsuit accuses the outlet of publishing a 'knowingly false and defamatory' article that Mayweather says damaged his real estate empire.
According to the lawsuit, Geiger 'repeatedly ignored documentary proof of Mayweather's ownership and business success, refused multiple invitations to review verified transaction records, and relied instead on unnamed sources and innuendo.'
Mayweather further claims that he 'lost lease opportunities at his buildings' and suffered missed 'emergency rent-freeze concessions' because of the article, which he believes was driven by 'racial and political bias.'
But 50 Cent didn't hold back his skepticism. Taking to Instagram, the rapper-turned-TV mogul wrote, 'Well that case is going nowhere because you didn't do the deal champ. He must have named the writer separately to make him have to pay his own legal team. Champ mad.'
Mayweather, however, insists this legal battle is about more than just image. 'This lawsuit isn't just about setting the record straight,' his attorney Bobby Samini stated. 'It's about holding the press accountable when they cross the line from journalism into calculated character assassination.'
'I'm 48 years old, and I've never sued a media outlet,' Mayweather explained. 'But the media outlets, throughout my life, have bashed me, talked bad about me, spoke bad about my family… Judge me for the person that you know.'
Insider fired back, promising, 'We will vigorously defend against this meritless attempt to discredit our reporting and smear our reporter.'
In classic 50 fashion, the trolling was swift—and brutal.
See 50 Cent's Instagram post below.
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