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Damon Dash again defeats sexual harassment accusers based on photos

Damon Dash again defeats sexual harassment accusers based on photos

Damon Dash received some good news after a wild month on social media, which saw him embroiled in a “CEO war” with 50 Cent and forced to explain how his “grills” popped out of his mouth during an Instagram live.



The music mogul and co-founder of Roc-A-Fella Records won another legal victory in court this week.

A federal judge denied a request for a retrial by photographer Monique Bunn, who accused Dash of sexual assault and later sued him for allegedly misappropriating her property.

Bunn had requested a retrial after a jury found against her in a $51 million lawsuit alleging that Dash sexually abused her and seized more than 100,000 photos stored on CDs, computers and hard drives.

Damon Dash testified during the trial that the CDs in question did not contain any of Bunn's works.

Damon Dash was acquitted of sexual assault charges in federal court, but was found guilty of defamation, which earned Bunn $30,000 in damages for libel.

Her attorney, Christopher Brown, who has sued Damon Dash several times on behalf of other clients and even on his own behalf, attempted to challenge the verdict, claiming that the jury erred in not awarding her damages for the conversion of her property.

Monique Bunn claimed the photographs were worth several million, but the jury found that the evidence was insufficient to support her valuation of the CDs and other materials.

In her motion for a retrial, Bunn argued that the jury's verdict contradicted the evidence. However, U.S. District Judge Dolly M. Gee ruled that Bunn had not shown sufficient grounds to overturn the verdict.

The court found that Bunn's lawyers had not shown that the trial was unfair or that the verdict was based on a miscarriage of justice.

This ruling represents the latest legal victory for Damon Dash, who has consistently denied the allegations made by Bunn.

Damon Dash is not yet out of Christopher Brown’s crosshairs.

Earlier this year, the mogul was ordered to sell his stake in Roc-A-Fella Records to pay off an $800,000 fine he owed filmmaker Josh Weber in a legal battle over the film “Dear Frank” for copyright infringement and defamation.

Damon is demanding at least $10 million for his 33 percent stake in the prestigious label, which owns the rights to Jay-Z's classic album “Reasonable Doubt.”

The proceeds from the sale will be used to pay the judgment, child support and an $8 million tax debt to the state of New York.













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