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Soulja Boy: Rapper ordered to pay Sh550 million in indecent assault suit

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A jury in a civil trial has found US rapper Soulja Boy liable for sexual battery, assault, and intentional infliction of emotional distress against a former assistant.

The 34-year-old Chicago hip-hop artist, best known for his 2007 chart-topping single 'Crank That' was ordered to pay the accuser $4.25 million (Sh 550,970,000) in damages, comprising $4 million (Sh 518,560,000) in compensatory damages and $250,000 (Sh 32,410,000) in punitive damages, as reported by the BBC.

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