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Investigation Underway After Court Clerk Asks Meek Mill For Money

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A formal court investigation is underway after a court clerk solicits money from rapper Meek Mill.

The clerk at the court where Meek Mill was sentenced to prison for probation violation slipped him a note asking him for money. According to TMZ, Clerk Wanda Chavarria said she slipped the “Wins and Loses” rapper the note to ask him to help pay her son’s college tuition at Virginia Commonwealth University. In the letter she claimed that this was her son’s final semester in college and he couldn’t finish if the tuition wasn’t paid.

Chavarria writes  “This will probably be my son’s last semester at VCU if the tuition isn’t paid for this year and unfortunately with my bad credit, I am unable to secure a loan or cosign a loan for my son. Anything you can do is very much appreciated.” The clerk told TMZ that she thought Meek would help because they were both from Philly.

The judge was unaware of the request and Meek Mills did not donate any money to the clerk’s son tuition. Her son did however get to stay in school and will graduate in May.

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