Lil'
Kim Found Guilty
03-17-05
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(antiMUSIC) Rapper Lil' Kim will have to face
the music for lying to a federal grand jury about a shootout outside of
a Manhattan rap radio station. On Thursday, the rapper and her assistant,
Monique Dopwell, were found guilty on three counts of perjury and one count
of conspiracy, but were both acquitted on third charge of obstruction of
justice.
The perjury stems from Kim's testimony
where she told a federal grand jury that she had not seen her manager and
bodyguard at the scene of a 2001 shootout outside of a rap radio station
between her entourage and rival hip-hop group Capone-N-Noreaga. In that
case, Kim testified her co-manager Damion Butler and her bodyguard Suif
"Gutta" Jackson were not at the radio station at the time of the shootout.
During this perjury trial the prosecutor presented security photos of Kim
and Butler outside of the radio station together moments before the shootout
and Butler is also shown opening a door for the rapper.
Both men plead guilty to gun charges. Jackson
admitted firing a gun at least 20 times in the shootout and was sentenced
to 12 years in prison.
Kim and her assistant each face up to 20
years in prison. Five years for each count. The sentencing has been
set for June 24th.
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