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50 Cent Surrenders Guns, Gets Restrained, Sues Ex for $20M
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Jen Carlson
Published Jun 21, 2008
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After 50 Cent's ex, Shaniqua Tompkins, accused him publicly of burning down the home he owned that her and their son were living in -- she followed up with a restraining order. 50 may have had to surrender any guns he's been toting around as a part of the ruling, but the rapper then responded with his own legal papers...a $20 million defamation suit against Tompkins. It's been about one week since they were last in court, guess it's time to up the ante.
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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