Soulja Boy took the stand once more throughout his civil rape and kidnapping trial yesterday and proclaimed his innocence.
Soulja Boy Testifies Throughout Trial
On Wednesday (April 2), the rapper testified for the second time throughout his ongoing trial, the place he’s accused of kidnapping, rape and unpaid wages by his former worker and girlfriend. Through the listening to, SB answered questions from his legal professional about hostile textual content messages he despatched to his unnamed accuser. Soulja defined one textual content that reads “F**okay you b***h” as “common vernacular of the tradition of rap,” Courthouse Information Service reviews. For one more textual content in query that learn, “Die b***h. Shoulda killed your silly a*s,” the Atlanta-bred artist defined: “I simply meant you’re lifeless to me. It wasn’t meant as a risk or violence.”
Soulja claimed he by no means formally employed the girl and stated she was extra like a live-in blunt curler. He additionally denied ever sexually assaulting his accuser, saying their relationship was all the time mutual, although rocky.
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Soulja Boy Trial Verdict Looms
Soulja was initially sued in January of 2021 in Los Angeles Superior Courtroom by the girl who claims she began working as Soulja’s private assistant in 2018 and commenced relationship him the next yr. Jane Doe claims she was raped, crushed and held hostage by the recording artist, who additionally subjected her to a hostile work atmosphere and didn’t pay her the wages that she earned.
Final week, the accuser testified about being the sufferer of abuse and rape throughout her time relationship the rapper.
“I feared for my life,” Doe informed the jury, including that Soulja Boy, born DeAndre Approach, threatened to “ship shooters” to the home. “I used to be petrified of what he would do to my household. I didn’t need him to harm anyone due to me,” she testified.
Closing arguments within the three-week trial are anticipated to be delivered on Monday (April 7).
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