Rapper French Montana is being compelled to cough up tons of of hundreds of {dollars} after his canine viciously attacked a seemingly harmless landscaper who was merely doing his job. Nonetheless, the judgment is way lower than the sufferer initially requested.
The Tibetan mountain canine belonging to French – actual identify Karim Kharbouch -apparently attacked Jason Levya in November 2019 after French invited the landscaper into his yard with a promise that the canine wouldn’t trouble him. The canine’s bites gave Levya a number of lacerations that required a hospital go to and antibiotics.
The “Unforgettable” rapper was unable to vary a Los Angeles decide’s thoughts that he didn’t know in regards to the lawsuit, inflicting the court docket to grant Jason Leyva, the landscaper, a default judgment of $402,644 in October, in response to Rolling Stone.
Within the weeks main as much as the order, Montana claimed that he was late responding to Leyva’s go well with as a result of he was transferring to California and was by no means served in individual. He additional alleged that he already settled the matter with Leyva. Whereas the decide initially agreed with the New York rapper’s declare, they modified their thoughts after Leyva’s legal professional made a way more compelling argument.
The decide modified their ruling, saying that Montana was unable to show that the settlement was actual since no paperwork had been supplied and that any cash given to Leyva was merely for his landscaping companies and never the canine assault.
Extra from Rolling Stone:
In a sworn assertion, Leyva beforehand informed the court docket that the mauling came about on Nov. 3, 2019, shortly after Kharbouch invited him right into a gated yard and warranted him the Tibetan mountain canine wouldn’t hurt him. Leyva says he was discussing a proposed mission with Kharbouch when the canine jumped up, bit down on his shoulder, and knocked him to the bottom.
“French was yelling on the canine to let go and hitting the canine making an attempt to cease him. When the canine lastly let go of [my] shoulder, it didn’t cease attacking and as an alternative instantly sank his enamel into my hip,” Leyva wrote. “French acknowledged the severity of the assault and informed me that he would care for my medical payments. I mentioned that I used to be not okay, and as quickly as I used to be ready to take action, I left the premises and was pushed straight to the hospital the place my deep lacerations required a number of sutures, and I used to be prescribed highly effective antibiotics to fight an infection.”
Montana ought to think about himself fortunate. Leyva was initially looking for $2.3 million in his go well with. That is one thing the rapper identified throughout a February 2024 look on the “Approach Up With Angela Yee” podcast, the place he mentioned, “I simply noticed anyone tried to sue me for my canine biting him for $2 million. Like, yo, did a dinosaur chunk you?”
This additionally damage Montana’s declare that he didn’t know in regards to the go well with till it was too late.