It’s not looking good for Bow Wow – lawsuit wise anyways. The Cash Money rapper has just been ordered to pony up nearly $80,000 to a porn star who sued him for using her services illegally.
According to TMZ, French adult film star Celine Tran – aka “Katsumi” sued Bow Wow last summer for stealing footage of her pole dancing in a completely different music video, and using it in his remixed music video to Kirko Bangz’, “Drank In My Cup.” Katsumi claims that this was done without her consent.
Apparently Bow Wow never even responded to Tran’s lawsuit. Because of this, a federal judge ruled that Bow Wow was responsible for $79,346.07 worth damages and attorneys’ fees for use of the footage. He was also ordered to stop using the jacked footage immediately.
Clearly the worst 80 stacks ever paid to a porn star in history.
Unfortunately, it’s not over for Bow Wow, who’s still on the hook for several other pending lawsuits. In the meantime, peep the music video that cost Bow Wow an extra $80,000 – and the original music video his director jacked the footage from, both below:
BOW WOW CHATS IT UP WITH WHOO KID
What Bow Wow says about his YMCMB family?
“He also took time to explain why the Young Money crew appears distant “from the outside looking in.” “It’s better than cool. It’s greater than great,” he explained of his situation at BET. “It’s what I wanted. For me to be young, only 25 and already have this type of position on a billion dollar network, it’s major.
“We are all our own individual artists with our own unique way of getting it how we’re getting it. It’s hard for us to always be together so from the outside looking in, a lot of people say we’re distant but to us, we’re not. We always know where everybody is at all times. For me, I’m in this situation where I can’t leave New York. I’m here full time now. I was in Miami where we all lived at… But now that I’m here, Nicki is hosting American Idol. Everybody’s all over the place getting it in.”
What Bow Wow says about acting?
“Bow also explained that he enjoys acting. When asked if he found it easy to cry on camera, he explained that he can do anything once he goes into character. “It’s not [hard to cry]. Once you tap into character and you understand the story, you’re golden from there. Everything else after that is pretty much easy.”
