Pras Suing 50 Cent, Rolling Stone, Kyrie Irving Informant Claims

Pras is suing 50 Cent, the Dallas Mavericks’ Kyrie Irving and Rolling Stone for accusing the Fugees rapper of being a federal informant.

On Wednesday  (Could 10), Pras’ attorneys despatched letters to reps for 50 Cent, Kyrie Irving and Rolling Stone notifying them of the rapper’s intent to take them to court docket over statements and social media posts accusing the rapper of being a FBI informant and “rat.” By legislation, they’ve 5 days to reply to the pending swimsuit.

“It’s and was completely and demonstrably false so that you can publish that Michel was a ‘authorities informant,'” Jonathan Noah Schwartz, certainly one of Pras’ attorneys, wrote within the letter despatched to Rolling Stone. “Labeling a hip-hop artist comparable to Michel, the fame of whom relies upon ‘road credibility’ and never being a ‘snitch,’ a ‘authorities informant’ most actually tends to topic stated hip-hop artist to hatred, mistrust, ridicule, contempt and/or shame, together with harm of their commerce or occupation.”

Information was first reported by Rolling Stone that Pras testified to being a federal informant throughout his federal conspiracy case on April 18. In response, 50 Cent referred to as the “Ghetto Celebrity” rapper a “rat” in an Instagram submit on April 24. The next day, Kyrie Irving shared a Twitter submit referring to Pras as a “federal informant.” Pras plans to sue Fif, Kyrie and RS for defamation.

Pras, who was convicted on all costs in his case on April 26, later got here out and stated experiences of him testifying to being a federal informant have been inaccurate.

XXL has reached out to 50 Cent, Kyrie Irving and Rolling Stone for remark.

See Pras’ Attorneys’ Official Assertion Addressing 50 Cent, Kyrie Irving and Rolling Stone Under

50 Cent

Lawyer David Kenner and musician Pras Michel have begun the method of suing 50 Cent for defamation per se to deal with his spreading of harmful false statements to the general public about Pras’ court docket testimony, particularly, his April 24, 2023 Instagram submit labeling Pras as a “rat” and additional publishing that he at all times “knew” Pras was a “rat.”
50 Cent’s labeling of Pras as a “rat” to his 29 million followers on Instagram was unsubstantiated and has triggered important harm to Pras and Lawyer Kenner’s enterprise pursuits and reputations, in addition to positioned their security in danger.
Any suggestion of Pras being an “informant” or “rat” is completely false and with out advantage. It’s unacceptable for anybody with over 50 million social media followers mixed to make false and damaging statements that may hurt the pursuits, reputations, and security of people.

Pras and lawyer Kenner are dedicated to seeing by means of all vital authorized motion to guard their rights and pursuits. This contains following the 5-day interval subsequent to the letter, which is prescribed by the Florida Statutes, submitting a lawsuit searching for damages for defamation per se in opposition to 50 Cent on account of his April 24, 2023, defamatory Instagram submit.

We urge the media to train warning and chorus from spreading unfounded allegations that may hurt the fame and security of people with out fact-checking. We’re dedicated to defending the rights and pursuits of our shoppers and can take all vital steps to make sure that they don’t seem to be subjected to baseless assaults or defamation.

Rolling Stone

Lawyer David Kenner and musician Pras Michel have begun the method of suing Rolling Stone for defamation to deal with its misinforming the general public about Pras’ court docket testimony by sending Rolling Stone a letter pursuant to the Florida Statutes. The false and defamatory statements falsely labeling Pras as being a “authorities informant” made by Rolling Stone to its 50 million readers globally have triggered important damages to each Pras and Mr. Kenner.

The Rolling Stone article resulted within the false and defamatory label being made in a whole lot of viral native, nationwide, and worldwide media information tales and weblog posts which have harmed the enterprise pursuits, reputations, and security of Pras and lawyer Kenner. It’s unacceptable for any media outlet to publish unfounded and false allegations that may harm the companies and reputations of people and put them in danger. Pras and lawyer Kenner are dedicated to seeing by means of all vital authorized motion to guard their rights and pursuits. This contains, following the 5-day interval subsequent to the letter, which is prescribed by the Florida Statutes, submitting a lawsuit searching for damages for defamation in opposition to Rolling Stone on account of its irresponsible reporting.

We urge everybody, together with journalists and others with massive social media followings, to train warning and accountability of their reporting. Journalists should make sure that they fact-check the accuracy and truthfulness of their reporting and keep away from publishing baseless, false, and damaging statements that may actually hurt people within the methods during which Pras and lawyer Kenner have been harmed. We’ll proceed to vigorously defend the rights and pursuits of our shoppers and take all vital motion to make sure that they don’t seem to be subjected to baseless assaults or defamation.

Kyrie Irving

Lawyer David Kenner and musician Pras Michel have begun the method of suing NBA participant Kyrie Irving for defamation per se to deal with his spreading of harmful false statements to the general public about Pras’ court docket testimony, particularly, his April 25, 2023, Twitter submit labeling Pras as an “FBI Informant.”

We’re deeply troubled by this latest tweet made by Kyrie on Twitter to his 4.7 million followers accusing Pras of being an FBI informant. This remark was and is fake and defamatory and has triggered important harm to the enterprise pursuits and reputations of Pras and lawyer Kenner, in addition to has positioned their security in danger.
We need to make it clear that any suggestion of Pras performing as an “informant,” “snitch,” or “rat” is totally baseless and with out advantage. For anybody to make false and damaging statements is unacceptable and violates the legislation.

Pras and lawyer Kenner are dedicated to seeing by means of all vital authorized motion to guard their rights and pursuits. This contains following the 5-day interval subsequent to the letter, which is prescribed by the Florida Statutes, submitting a lawsuit searching for damages for defamation per se in opposition to 50 Cent on account of his April 24, 2023, defamatory Instagram submit.

We urge the media to train warning and chorus from spreading unfounded allegations that may hurt the fame and security of people. We’re dedicated to defending the rights and pursuits of our shoppers and can take all vital steps to make sure that they don’t seem to be subjected to baseless assaults or defamation.