Soulja Boy was hit with further damages as a part of his ex-girlfriend Kayla Myers‘ civil lawsuit in opposition to the rapper, RadarOnline.com has realized.
As we first reported, final week, a Los Angeles jury awarded Myers a complete of $236k in damages. The breakdown was $1,800 for psychological well being bills and one other $234,100 for bodily and psychological ache and struggling.
Additional, they discovered that Soulja engaged within the conduct with “malice, oppression or fraud.” Soulja’s lawyer argued that his shopper’s monetary situation was so dire that he didn’t have the funds to pay any punitive judgment.
Regardless of his claims, the jury got here again with an extra verdict yesterday and awarded Myers $236k in punitive damages. The grand whole owed to his ex involves $472k.
Myers’ powerhouse lawyer Max Engelhardt tells RadarOnline.com, “We’re happy with the jury’s verdict for $472,000. Mr. Manner assaulted and terrorized Kayla, and that was borne out by the proof and testimony. The punitive damages had been substantial, and hopefully they’ll function a lesson to Mr. Manner that his superstar standing shouldn’t be a license to commit violence.”
In court docket, Soulja’s ex took the stand and testified in regards to the alleged abuse she suffered by the hands of the rapper and his assistant at a 2019 home occasion.
Myers mentioned on the occasion that Soulja had beat her within the head with a gun. Later, she claimed he punched her within the face. Within the go well with, she accused her ex of instructing his male assistant to tie her up with extension cords. She claimed the assistant informed her he would free her if she carried out a sexual act on him.
Myers mentioned she complied as a result of she thought it was the one solution to escape. After she left the house, she instantly referred to as the police who then carried out a raid on Soulja’s residence. Officers discovered weapons on the residence which triggered a probation violation for Soulja. He was sentenced to jail time however was launched months later. He was by no means charged over the incident with Myers.