Soulja Boy, the rapper best known for his song “Crank That (Soulja Boy),” was found liable for assault, sexual battery, and intentional affliction of emotional distress on April 10, per Courthouse News Service. He was ordered to pay the accuser $4 million in damages. Attorneys for the woman asked for $73.6 million in damages initially. The jury did not find Soulja Boy liable for accusations of false imprisonment or “constructive charge” — a terms that means the employer made the work environment so hostile that the employee had to quit. The trial lasted three weeks and began in March.
The accuser, who asked to go unnamed, said that she worked for and lived with Soulja Boy for close to two years, and that during that time he allegedly beat her, raped her, and sometimes kept her prisoner. Soulja Boy denied that he employed her, saying that she lived with him and referred to her simply as a “blunt roller,” per a report by legal journalist Meghan Cuniff. The woman says she was paid $500 for the first week she lived with Soulja Boy, then never paid again. Soulja Boy was not charged with a crime in this case. Previously, in 2023, Soulja Boy was ordered to pay an ex-girlfriend $472,000 in a kidnapping case, per Billboard. He still faces a separate, similar lawsuit from a different former girlfriend.
