Fats Joe’s ex-hypeman recordsdata lawsuit alleging “sexual manipulation” and abuse of minors

Fats Joe‘s former hypeman has filed a lawsuit towards the rapper – accusing him of “coercive labor exploitation, monetary fraud, sexual manipulation, violent intimidation, and psychological coercion.”

Terrance “T.A.” Dixon, Fats Joe’s ex-hypeman, filed the lawsuit on Thursday (June 19) at U.S. District Court docket Southern District of New York , based on Variety. The swimsuit alleges over a decade of abuse and calls for as much as $20million in damages.

Dixon’s attorneys accuse Fats Joe, actual identify Joseph Cartagena, of a “deliberate and sustained marketing campaign of exploitation”, within the RICO lawsuit. The 157-page-long doc has a set off warning on the prime, earlier than describing particulars of the sexual abuse and trafficking allegations.

“Fats Joe is Sean Combs minus the Tusi,” Tyrone Blackburn, Dixon’s lawyer, wrote in an announcement to USA Today. Tusi is a wide range of cocaine, based on the publication. Blackburn can also be the lead counsel in one of many many circumstances towards Diddy.

The lawsuit states that Dixon “personally witnessed [Cartagena] have interaction in sexual relations with youngsters who have been 15 and 16-years-old.”

There are three Jane Does talked about, certainly one of them being a 16-year-old Dominican woman in New York, who would allegedly “in change for money, clothes, and fee of her cellphone invoice … would [perform] oral intercourse and different sexual acts” on Cartagena.

One other minor, who was not a US citizen, was allegedly flown within the the nation by Cartagena; “[Cartagena] started having sexual relations with Minor Doe 2 when she was 15-years-old after a live performance abroad…resulting from Minor Doe 2’s physique being adolescent and never absolutely fashioned, [the] defendant paid for her to get a Brazilian butt raise. Minor Doe 2 finally left [the] defendant and is now married to knowledgeable athlete.”

The third minor was a 15-year-old Latina, based on Stereogum. The lawsuit reads: “Defendant was in love with Minor Doe 3. He even contemplated leaving his spouse. The Defendant paid all Minor Doe 3’s payments and even took her abroad to his tour stops. He introduced her to Florida and would put her up in a condominium he rented a number of blocks from his home together with his spouse.”

Dixon additionally claims he was compelled “into humiliating conditions, together with intercourse acts carried out beneath duress and surveillance, accompanied by threats of abandonment in overseas nations if [he] refused compliance.”

The lawsuit towards Fats Joe additionally names Pete “Pistol Pete” Torres and Richard “Wealthy Participant” Jospitre as defendants. They're known as key associates within the rapper’s “felony enterprise”, and declare violations of the Trafficking Victims Safety Act and the Racketeer Influenced And Corrupt Organizations Act (aka civil RICO).

Different claims towards Cartagena embrace “coercive labor exploitation, monetary fraud, sexual manipulation, violent intimidation, and psychological coercion.”

Fats Joe has hit again on the allegations, together with his legal professional Joe Tacopina labelling the claims as “fabricated” and retaliatory, arguing that the lawsuit is “a blatant act of retaliation” geared toward harming Joe’s popularity via public stress.

This swimsuit comes months after Cartagena sued Dixon for extortion and defamation. Cartagena is represented by movie star felony legal professional Joe Tacopina, who has beforehand defended the likes of A$AP Rocky and Donald Trump.

Again in 2023, Fats Joe criticised the usage of Younger Thug’s music lyrics throughout his RICO trial, saying that he has lied in “95 per cent” of his songs.

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Fats Joe known as it “horrible” and “a travesty” that Yung Thug’s lyrics have been getting used within the trial: “I’ve been rapping professionally for 30 years — I’ve lied in nearly 95 % of my songs.”

“I’m being trustworthy,” he added. “I write like I really feel that day. I’m simply being inventive. You couldn’t construct a jail excessive sufficient for the lyrics I’ve stated on songs that are all unfaithful.”

Additionally, again in 2023, it was revealed that Fats Joe and 50 Cent‘s rivalry brought about pressure within the New York Knicks. Tim Thomas, a 50 Cent fan, clashed with Stephen Marbury, who favoured Fats Joe, inflicting their lengthy friendship to dissolve.

“I knew his brothers, his mother, his pops,” stated Thomas. “We truly performed for Fats Joe with Terror Squad on the Rucker. It was actually no points between us in any respect till 50 and Fats Joe obtained into it. That’s when me and Steph kinda separated.”