Did a rap star nail his spouse? Beats him!
One of many cops on the heart of the weird Ohio civil swimsuit in opposition to Afroman made his failed case go haywire throughout testimony when he appeared to confess that he had no concept if the hip hop star was mendacity when he rapped about having intercourse with the officer’s partner.
Sgt. Randy Walters did his defamation case no favors when he testified that the 51-year-old “As a result of I Bought Excessive” rapper had harm his fame with the steamy false assertion — then couldn’t say for certain if the declare really was false.
Afroman’s lawyer, David Osborne Jr., grilled the Adam’s County Sheriff’s cop in regards to the doable affair Tuesday earlier than the rapper was discovered not liable within the case the following day.
“You’re claiming that the defamation assertion is that he mentioned he had intercourse along with your spouse?” Osborne requested, earlier than including. “Everyone knows that’s not true, right?”
“I don’t know,” Walters replied— motioning to the courtroom to presumably present he’s unsure what others assume.
The lawyer seized on the anomaly of Walters’ response, taking pictures again, “You don’t know in case your spouse is dishonest on you or not?”
“You need to go there?” Walters replied. “I’ve been with that lady since center faculty however as soon as somebody places it on the market for his or her enjoyable and leisure it’s on the market.”
“Is it a factor that may be verified true or false?” Osborne stored grilling.
“Ask your shopper,” Walters mentioned — signaling the rapper would know if he’d slept along with his spouse.
The heated trade got here after Walters sued Afroman over one of many many songs and movies he made satirizing and mocking the poilce who raided his house. Walters took specific concern with the music, “Why You Disconnecting My Video Digicam,” claiming lyrics induced him and his household ache.
“Randy Walters personal cop/I used to f–okay his spouse doggy fashion,” the rapper declares within the music video, as a picture of canines having intercourse flashes.
“Randy Walters son of a bitch /That’s why I f–ked his spouse and received filthy wealthy,” he raps in one other tune.
Walters, who’s married and has six children, mentioned his half-black adopted daughter got here house from faculty sooner or later crying as a result of kids have been claiming she was Afroman’s little one.
“My daughter got here house and suggested me she was getting messed with at college as a result of apparently her mother is having intercourse with Afroman and since she’s biracial he should be her daddy,” he testified, including it was “horrible.”
Walters is one among seven sheriff’s officers within the rural Ohio county who sued Afroman in a bonkers, failed civil swimsuit stemming from a fruitless drug raid they made on his house in 2022.
The rapper, whose actual title is Joseph Foreman, later wrote a satirical music titled “Lemon Pound Cake” and made a music video that included precise footage of the raid, which yielded no costs in opposition to him.
He posted the goofy music video with photos of cops taken from his house surveillance cameras, initially to lift cash for damages stemming from the search, he mentioned.
However the officers claimed in a March 2023 lawsuit he’d gone too far with the music and subsequent posts— which they mentioned smeared their reputations and made outrageous claims in opposition to them.
A number of of the posts allegedly falsely claimed that the cops “stole my cash” and have been “criminals disguised as legislation enforcement,” in line with the swimsuit.
He was additionally accused of falsely stating that the officers are “white supremacists,” that Officer Brian Newman “used to do arduous medication” earlier than “snitching” on his mates, that Officer Lisa Phillips is “biologically male” and that he had an affair with Walters’ spouse, in line with the lawsuit.
A lot of his posts associated to the sheriffs garnered tons of of 1000’s of views, and the “Lemon Pound Cake” video raked in additional than 3 million.
However a jury on Wednesday discovered the rapper not liable within the defamation case — which performed out like authorized theater, with Afroman rocking a full American flag swimsuit and one cop breaking down in tears on the stand.
The seven cops had sought a mixed complete of $3.9 million in damages, however a jury discovered Foreman not liable in only a a number of hours.
“We see public officers on a regular basis which are made enjoyable of,” Osborne mentioned in a closing assertion Wednesday.“They’re going to be held to larger requirements, their work goes to be criticized, that’s simply what occurs if you’re a public official.”
“It’s a social commentary on the truth that they didn’t do issues appropriately,” he mentioned of the cops.
