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03-17-2005, 08:23 PM
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Rapper Lil' Kim Convicted of Perjury
Rapper Lil' Kim Convicted of Perjury
6 minutes ago Entertainment - AP Music
By LARRY NEUMEISTER, Associated Press Writer
NEW YORK - Rap diva Lil' Kim was convicted Thursday of lying to a federal grand jury to protect friends who were involved in a shootout outside a radio station.
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Slideshow: Lil' Kim Perjury Trial
Lil' Kim and her assistant were both convicted of perjury and conspiracy but acquitted of obstruction of justice. Kim faces up to 20 years in prison at her June 24 sentencing.
The former sidekick and mistress of the late Notorious B.I.G., known for her revealing outfits and raunchy raps, testified that she didn't notice two close friends at the scene of the 2001 gun battle — her manager, Damion Butler, and Suif "Gutta" Jackson. Both men have since pleaded guilty to gun charges.
The jury saw radio station security photos showing Butler opening a door for Lil' Kim. And witnesses Antoine "Banger" Spain and James "Lil' Cease" Lloyd, who once made hit records with Lil' Kim in the group Junior M.A.F.I.A, testified that Butler and Jackson were at the station with her.
Both defendants shook their heads as the verdicts were delivered. Lil' Kim's supporters broke out in sobs. While many rappers have gone to prison, Lil' Kim, 29, would be the first big-name female to do time.
Asked outside court whether she had any comment, Lil' Kim, wearing a beige pants suit and a pink jacket, shook her head and said no. "We love you," a bystander shouted.
The shootout occurred outside WQHT, a.k.a. Hot 97, when Lil' Kim's entourage crossed paths with a rival rap group, Capone-N-Noreaga. Kim's entourage confronted them about the song "Bang, Bang" from a Capone-N-Noreaga album, which contained a scathing dis to Kim from her longtime rival, Foxy Brown. A shootout erupted, leaving one man injured and more than two dozen rounds fired.
The shooting took place outside the same station where the posses of 50 Cent and The Game traded bullets last week. No arrests have been made in that shooting, which left one of Game's henchmen wounded in the leg.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Cathy Seibel told jurors that the 4-foot-11 Lil' Kim, born Kimberly Jones, had repeatedly lied to them, just as she did to the grand jury. The prosecutor belittled the defense claim that the sunglasses-wearing Lil' Kim didn't notice her two close friends at the scene of the crime.
"You would have to believe they were magic sunglasses that only block out your friends who were shooting people," Seibel told the jury.
Defense lawyer Mel Sachs argued that Lil' Kim had no reason to protect Butler and Jackson because she had already eliminated them from her life.
Lil' Kim testified that after the shooting she had a falling out with Butler, Banger and Cease because they were freeloading at her New Jersey town house. She said she decided to cut off Butler completely after he caused a ruckus outside a video shoot with Phil Collins (news).
"I was just fed up," she said on the stand. "They were taking advantage of me."
The rapper also testified at length about her modest background and mercurial career, which began with an impromptu performance for B.I.G. on the street in their Brooklyn neighborhood.
As B.I.G. became a superstar, Lil' Kim became "Queen Bee," the oversexed gangsta girl in his otherwise all-male clique. Her first album, 1996's "Hard Core," lived up to its title with its sexually explicit lyrics — and became a big hit, thanks to songs like "Crush On You" and others with unmentionable titles.
Lil' Kim developed into one of the few female rappers with a commercially viable career. As plastic surgery slowly transformed her from cute around-the-way girl to glam, top-heavy pinup, she morphed into a sexy fashionista who, for some, exemplified female empowerment.
Her bigger-than-rap status was cemented in 1999 when, while presenting an MTV award wearing a pasty over one exposed breast, co-presenter Diana Ross jiggled Kim's bare flesh.
She won a Grammy in 2001 for her part in the hit remake of "Lady Marmalade." Now she's probably headed to prison, adding a chapter to a remarkable life that already has produced an accredited Syracuse University course titled "The Life and
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03-17-2005, 09:45 PM
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Someone remind me NOT to go to New York and lie to the federal government (lil Kim, Martha) that's the only place I know where lying is a federal offense (that's prosecuted!)
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03-17-2005, 10:49 PM
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The fact that Lil' Kim is 29 makes me feel horribly old.
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03-17-2005, 10:50 PM
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LOL, I know how you feel 33girl (a little girl is 29! geez or should I say geezers...)
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03-18-2005, 12:00 PM
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not dirty kim
dirty kim is my favorite female rapper and i'm deeply saddened to learn of this news.
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03-18-2005, 12:29 PM
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Whoa Nelly!!!!!
Is this Lil' Kim looking....well, looking like a normal woman!  
From an article on MSN about the trial
Rapper Lil' Kim Convicted of Perjury
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03-18-2005, 12:42 PM
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I'll always love you.
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03-18-2005, 01:58 PM
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Re: Whoa Nelly!!!!!
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Originally posted by Honeykiss1974
Is this Lil' Kim looking....well, looking like a normal woman!
From an article on MSN about the trial
Rapper Lil' Kim Convicted of Perjury
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Early on, there was a picture with Kimberly Denise Jones and her Birkin bag, doing a Martha Stewart thing. Verry interesting....
...wondering why this hasn't been folded into the news thread.
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03-18-2005, 02:05 PM
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Wasn't she the one that had her stomach pumped and they found a pint of something...?
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03-18-2005, 02:46 PM
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Re: Whoa Nelly!!!!!
[QUOTE] Originally posted by Honeykiss1974
[B]Is this Lil' Kim looking....well, looking like a normal woman!
As normal as Lil Kim can look. Sorry Professor!
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03-18-2005, 03:14 PM
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*preparing a go away bash for the kimster*
wow...i wonder what prison will be like for the lil one.
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03-18-2005, 04:44 PM
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03-18-2005, 05:14 PM
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i bet when she gets out she will blow up like martha stewart
. . . money, power, respect - lol
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03-18-2005, 07:37 PM
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Note to self: NEVER get a nose job.
*duly noted*
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