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50 CENT ORDERED NOT TO SELL NY MANSION: Judge tells rapper he can not dispose of property destroyed last month by fire.
*A New York judge on Tuesday ordered 50 Cent not to sell the property where a fire destroyed his $2.4 million home and where his ex-girlfriend, Shaniqua Tompkins, lived with their son.
State Supreme Court Justice Carol Edmead also ordered Tompkins to pay the rapper $4,500 in rent by Friday for staying in the house during its final month, lawyers for both sides said, according to Reuters.
Edmead has also ordered 50, whose real name is Curtis Jackson, to put insurance proceeds in a trust account pending the outcome of his dispute with Tompkins over the home.
Tompkins sued 50 for half of his estate based on an oral agreement the two made early in their 10-year relationship, said Tompkins' lawyer, Paul Catsandonis. Tompkins was living in the Long Island home with their 10-year-old son until a fire broke out in the early hours of May 30. Police said they were investigating the fire as suspicious.
Tompkins escaped through a window and six people, including children, were treated for smoke inhalation, Catsandonis said.
"I think it speaks volumes about Mr. Jackson" that he would compel Tompkins to pay the rent, Catsandonis said, calling it an "undue hardship." But 50 Cent's lawyer, Brett Kimmel, said Tompkins has repeatedly ignored court orders to pay the rapper, and that paying rent was a condition of her continuing to live in the house.
"My client is not the one who started a lawsuit for $50 million," Kimmel said.
The two are due back in court on July 15.
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