US rapper 50 Cent has been ordered to pay a woman $5 million for posting her sex tape online without permission.
The 13-minute video of fellow rapper Rick Ross's ex-girlfriend, Lastonia Leviston, includes cuts to 50 Cent wearing a wig and in character as Pimpin' Curly. He also provides explicit commentary.
"This was something done to me. I didn't have a choice. I would never, ever do this to myself," Leviston said about the leaking of the tape.
50 Cent and Ross have been feuding for years, and 50 Cent claimed he was "joking" when he called Leviston a "porn star".
In response to the vedict, attorney William A Brewer III says 50 Cent and his legal team are "disappointed in the verdict but very appreciative of the service of the jury and the court".
