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Soulja Boy to Pay $4 Million in Sexual Assault Case

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Content warning: This article details alleged violence as well as physical and sexual abuse.

The verdict is in for Soulja Boy‘s sexual assault civil trial.

On April 10, the “Crank That” rapper (real name DeAndre Cortez Way) was found liable of assault, sexual battery, gender violence, intentional infliction of emotional distress and failure to pay wages in a California lawsuit filed by an unnamed Jane Doe, according to a press release from her attorney obtained by USA Today.

A jury awarded Way’s accuser $4 million in compensatory damages, with punitive damages being considered at a later time, per Doe’s legal team.

“We’re happy our client was vindicated and the jury believed her claims of physical and sexual assault,” Ron Zambrano, a lawyer for the plaintiff, told USA Today in a statement. “We’re looking forward to moving on to the punitive damages phase of the case.”

E! News has reached out to Way’s rep for comment but has not heard back. In the past, the 34-year-old’s spokesperson denied the allegations, telling TMZ, “Soulja would never put his hands on a female. He wouldn’t beat a woman or put his hands on a woman.”

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