Court Sacks Drake's R63 Billion Defamation Case Instigated by Woman Who Broke Into His Home

Court Sacks Drake's R63 Billion Defamation Case Instigated by Woman Who Broke Into His Home

  • A US court has reportedly sacked a R63 billion defamation lawsuit against world-renowned rapper Drake
  • A woman named Mesha Collins claimed the global superstar used her name in a defamatory way online when she allegedly broke into his home back in 2017
  • The Toosie Slide hitmaker's lawyers asked the judge to throw the case out of court because Mesha couldn't prove that mentioned her name on his timeline

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A US court has ruled in favour of Drake. A woman wanted the superstar to pay her R63 billion for defamation after he allegedly used her name in a defamatory way on social media.

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A US court has dismissed Drake's R63 billion defamation case. Image: @champagnepapi
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The court ordered that Drake doesn't have to pay Mesha Collins the $4 million she was demanding. Mesha trended on social media in 2017 after she apparently broke into the Toosie Slide hitmaker's crib in California.

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Kaya 959 reports that Mesha locked herself in one of the rooms after she broke into the rapper's mansion. She also allegedly drank some beverages.

Los Angeles Times reports that Mesha filed for a lawsuit in August 2021. Drizzy's lawyers asked the court to dismiss the "frivolous" lawsuit. A judge threw the case out of court after Mesha reportedly failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt that the popular artist mentioned her name on his socials.

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DJ Khaled hosts dinner for Drake, shares funny clip

In other entertainment news, Briefly News reported that DJ Khaled hosted hip-hop superstar Drake at his Miami home, US on Monday night, 20 September. The DJ shared a hilarious video that was filmed at the dinner table.

Rapper Fat Joe was also invited at the dinner party. In the funny clip, DJ Khaled kept asking his private chef, Melissa, what was on the menu.

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The minute-long clip was also posted by @WordOnRd on Twitter on Tuesday morning, 21 September. It had been viewed over 30 000 times on the micro-blogging app at the time of publication. Peeps shared hilarious reactions to the clip. @barbzarkive commented:

"Drake just wanna eat while DJ Khaled is just going on and on."

Source: Briefly News

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Mxolisi Mngadi (Editor) Mxolisi Mngadi is an entertainment reporter. He graduated in 2002 from Damelin with a Diploma in Journalism, majoring in African and International Studies, Journalism and Electronic Media. He then started his journalism career at the Daily Sun newspaper, went on to The Citizen, and worked as a senior reporter at News24. He has been a writer for more than 15 years.

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