July 13, 2015
Schlam Stone & Dolan partner Jonathan Mazer assisted a Florida trial team as local counsel in the high profile trial against entertainment personality 50 Cent a/k/a Curtis James Jackson III over the unauthorized publication of a private sex tape depicting the plaintiff. Following a lengthy trial, the jury awarded compensatory damages totaling $5 million on plaintiff's claims for emotional distress and violation of her civil rights. Mr. Jackson filed for personal bankruptcy the day the he was to be required to testify about his net worth in connection with plaintiff's punitive damages claim, but the bankruptcy court refused to stay the punitive damages hearing and the jury awarded an additional $2 million in punitive damages against him.