“Plaintiff’s complaint, launched just days before defendant’s Super Bowl Halftime performance, was a thinly veiled attempt to extort defendant for money to stop plaintiff from continuing to assert her false claims publicly. Instead, the only allegation plaintiff makes is that Campbell - not defendant - said going to the studio where defendant was would be ‘a career move,’” the new paperwork claims.Īccording to the filing, Snoop Dogg is adamant that the forcible oral sex described in the woman’s complaint “never happened.” He also doubles down on earlier claims that the lawsuit is a “shakedown.” “She provides no allegations of any statement by defendant that he would help her career, and no allegations of any statement about how defendant might advance her career. He vehemently denies ever engaging in any sex act with plaintiff or assaulting or battering her,” the new filing obtained by Rolling Stone states.

“Nothing remotely resembling plaintiff’s story about defendant Calvin Broadus ever happened. In a new 17-page dismissal motion filed Thursday, the rapper, born Calvin Broadus, says allegations that he cornered the woman in a recording studio bathroom nearly nine years ago and forced her into a sex act are both “implausible and false.” Beyond that, they’re too “threadbare” to support a claim under the federal sex trafficking statute listed in the complaint and too old to prosecute under state law, he claims. Snoop Dogg claims the sex assault lawsuit filed against him by an unidentified woman earlier this month is so chronically flawed, a federal judge has no choice but to toss it out of court. I hope it helps people to separate the music, which is cool, from the reality, which is not.The woman’s lawyer did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Rolling Stone on Thursday. 'I hope trial taught people that there is nothing glamorous about gangsterism. 'Snoop is a kind and a gentle brother,' Lester said.

Sheena Lester, then editor in chief of RapPages magazine, commented on the case in an interview with the LA Times. He was accused and ultimately acquitted of murder in 1993, just as his career was accelerating. The performer has been open about his involvement with Rollin' 20 Crips Gang, according to Hip Hop Wired. But Snoop's life was a far cry from the lighthearted childhood antics featured in the cartoon.Īlthough the now-icon is often seen baking with his gal-pal turned business partner Martha Stewart, Snoop Dogg's music is rooted in his experience with the violence he navigated within his community, as reported by Ebony.

He was born Cordozar Calvin Broadus Jr., but his mom thought he looked a bit like Snoopy from 'Peanuts.' Thus began the legendary moniker. Before Snoop Dogg was a household name, he was a choir boy in Long Beach, California, according to Biography.

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