Stay Connected
Atlanta Black Star/Entertainment
Entertainment

Flo Rida Slapped with $7K Fine for Lying in Court

Posted byBy ABS Contributor | Published on: CommentsComments (0)

Rapper Flo Rida has been charged with a $7,000 fine for lying in court. He didn’t respond to a lawsuit in time because he claimed he was never served the papers. After a bit of investigation, the judge discovered that the performer was lying, pressing a fine on the rapper for seven grand.

Personal assistant Mahogany Miller filed a lawsuit against Flo Rida, demanding proper pay for her back breaking service as an employee. Miller claimed she worked relentlessly for Rida, only to receive $3.08 an hour. But Rida insisted that Miller was merely an unpaid intern, and that the paper work detailing the lawsuit was sent to a woman he did not know and to the wrong address. Each of Rida’s claims turned out to be complete fabrications.

Rida later admitted his attachment to the original address listed, and acknowledged that the woman who received the papers, Stephany Nelson, was his employee. The judge concluded the rapper’s deception was “premeditated” and ordered him to pay Mahogany Miller $7,000 dollars for her attorney fees.

Democracy needs journalism it can trust.

This election season, the stakes are higher than usual — and so is the pressure on newsrooms to soften their coverage, stay quiet, or just disappear. Independent reporting, the kind that answers to readers instead of advertisers or political pressure, matters more in a moment like this, not less.

For over 14 years, Atlanta Black Star has stayed independent and reader-funded. We have no corporate owner and no shareholders telling us what to cover or how to cover it. That independence is also our biggest vulnerability: nothing protects it except readers choosing to fund it directly.

Newspaper ad revenue has fallen more than 80% since 2005, and local newsrooms are closing at a rate of roughly two a week nationwide. When outlets go under in a moment like this, it's rarely the independent, reader-funded ones that get to stick around.

We know a request for support isn't why you came here. But without readers choosing to fund this work directly, the depth of reporting we can do at home and abroad shrinks along with everyone else's. If you're not in a position to give, that doesn't change how much we value you as a reader.

If you are able to, a recurring contribution does more for us than a single one-time gift, because it lets us plan the next investigation instead of just the next invoice. It takes about 30 seconds, no long form, no account. Thank you for continuing to support independent journalism and freedom of the press.

Give once Give monthly Support another way

Related Stories

Back to top