Last Friday, DMX (born Earl Simmons) was ordered to pay $1.5 million in damages to Maryland native Monique Wayne, who sued the rapper in October 2006, claiming defamation, false statements and “unreasonable publicity” about her private life. The rapper had told Sister 2 Sister magazine that Wayne “raped” him while he slept, after they met at Washington, D.C.’s Dream nightclub in 2003.
The judge in the case awarded the payment — $518,400 for compensatory damages and $1 million for punitive damages — in a hearing that included testimony from Wayne, her psychologist and her sister. Wayne, who gave birth to a child with Simmons in 2004 and later won a paternity suit and child support, testified in the court hearing that Simmons admitted to her that he made the rape claim in an effort to placate his wife. A spokesperson for DMX could not be reached at press time.
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