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50 Cent clowns on a mentally handicapped worker, now faces impending lawsuit

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Rapper 50 Cent landed himself in hot water Monday when he recorded himself mocking a Cincinnati airport worker he thought was high on drugs, who turned out to actually be autistic.

“What’s your name?” the rapper, whose birth name is Curtis Jackson, asks the worker in a video he posted to Instagram and Twitter. The worker just shakes his head and keeps working.

“Look at him. What kinda sh*t you think he took before he came to work today? He high as a motherf****a right here in the airport,” 50 Cent said.

But it turns out the worker Andrew Farrell‘s odd demeanor was because he’s autistic and has difficulty socializing. “You come up and you start talking to a kid you know nothing about. That’s not fair. That’s a slap in the face,” Farrell’s stepfather told Cincinnati’s WRKC.
50 Cent Posts Video of Him Bullying Autistic Airport Worker on Twitter


Ooph.
 
Ok thats dumb of him but come the fuck on, a lawsuit? They will not sue him if he donates $1m to a gofundme account to the kid? How is that not blackmail?
 

Acorn

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Former crack dealer ragging on a dude for being high (or social problems as we now know it) doing his 9 to 5. Fuck you 50.
 

NewFresh

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That's pretty terrible to do to anyone.

TMZ reports that both parents are furious and considering a lawsuit, but are willing to forget the incident if 50 Cent apologizes and donates $1 million to a GoFundMe for their son.

Isn't that blackmail?
 
Ok thats dumb of him but come the fuck on, a lawsuit? They will not sue him if he donates $1m to a gofundme account to the kid? How is that not blackmail?

Public humiliation over a false accusation might be grounds for a lawsuit, I dont know. Anyway, mods please lock. Didnt see the other thread.
 

styl3s

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1 million sounds a bit much but i have no qualms about the kid or the parents going after 50 cent.

50 Cent has always been a fucking asshole.
 
He didnt clown him because of his handicap, He clowned him because he thought his behaviour was odd.

A public apology is all that is needed here. A lawsuit is a waste of everyones time as you cannot prove intent to make fun of his disabilty.
 

weshes195

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Hahaha, come on.

A million dollar lawsuit, because he thought the kid was high as a kite.

:D come ON!!!!!!

The problem with this belief is, it isn't the 80s anymore. It isn't the 90s.

We have technology, almost everyone has the internet (with the exception for the homeless and the poorer countries).

We are a forum, that talks a lot about video games; yet even we still saw this innocent person get humiliated. We live in the age where you HAVE to be 100% respectable and responsible whenever you post a video.

This is common sense and yet many people like 50 don't have it. Lesson is: NEVER post a video that has 1% of anything that can be used against you when it is something that shows you in a bad light.
 

platocplx

Member
They definitely arent getting a million dollars a wee bit crazy they asked for a million dollars lmao.

He could settle out of court toss em like 10k or fight them in court which in this case they may rake up so many bills from a lawyer it may not even be worth the gain.

I dont know this is interesting territory here. I wonder if the guy who got posted by Amy schumer could try to sue her as well.

I dont know of any cases where someone has sued a celeb for this ive seen vice versa but there usually is a history of falsehoods for the case vs something that is a one time thing.
 

VARIA

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He didnt clown him because of his handicap, He clowned him because he thought his behaviour was odd.

A public apology is all that is needed here. A lawsuit is a waste of everyones time as you cannot prove intent to make fun of his disabilty.

Seriously. But your solution is far too sensible for the internet.
 
He didnt clown him because of his handicap, He clowned him because he thought his behaviour was odd.

A public apology is all that is needed here. A lawsuit is a waste of everyones time as you cannot prove intent to make fun of his disabilty.

P much. Say you're sorry, sign some shit for the kid, pose for a picture and maybe front him some cash and everybody moves on.
 

massoluk

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He didnt clown him because of his handicap, He clowned him because he thought his behaviour was odd.

A public apology is all that is needed here. A lawsuit is a waste of everyones time as you cannot prove intent to make fun of his disabilty.

The handicapped dude wasn't asking for infamy. Public apology is absolutely not enough if you ask me. Some cash settlement is warranted.
 

GhostBed

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This is fine. Dude acted like a total clown and humiliated a struggling kid. Celebrities pay for bad publicity like this thru big payouts or lawsuits.
 
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