Slim and Baby appeared in court this week, to face a lawsuit from a woman Claiming Cash Money Records was responsible for her getting raped.
A College Park woman is asking a judge to make a recording company responsible for an assault committed by one of its employees.
Nicole Westmoreland claims she was invited to conduct a business presentation at producer Noel “Detail” Fisher’s home where Lil Wayne was allegedly present but instead, she was “exposed to illegal drugs and explicit sexual activity” before the crime took place.
“I was followed into the bathroom, forced inside and I was raped,” says Westmoreland.Westmoreland identified Alfred Cleveland as the man who committed the assault.
Cleveland told authorities when they took him into custody that he worked for Cash Money Records meanwhile Cash Money CEO Baby and Slim say that Cleveland was a friend and not an employee of the record label.
The criminal case has already been handled through a negotiated plea, and Cleveland has received jail time, however civil charges are now pending against Cash Money Records for what the defendant claims their liability in the crime.
Attorney Charles Hodges has a civil lawsuit pending against the record company on behalf Westmoreland. Westmoreland claims she was offered $100,000 not to go to police, which she refused. She said the company threatened her life if she refused to drop the case.
“That if I didn’t drop it that they were going to kill me,” said Westmoreland in court on Tuesday.
Record company lawyer Jim Cox refuted that claim. The defense denies that Cleveland was an employee of that company; they claim he was a friend.
“I believe that Brian Williams and Ronald Williams had to know that the rapist was dangerous,” Westmoreland testified.
Westmoreland said the incident has forced her to seek treatment at a mental hospital after feeling suicidal. She is seeking unspecified damages.SOURCE