Eurweb.com is reporting that a judge has ordered jailed rapper DMX to pay $240,000 in damages to a man he assaulted at New York’s JFK airport.
In 2004, Port Authority officers arrested the artist for posing as an FBI agent and using a fake police siren to pull over Sergei Priporin and his family at the airport.
X, whose real name is Earl Simmons, claims he pulled them over for making him late for a flight. In any case, he was in possession of crack, Oxycodone, Diazepam and a billy club at the time of his arrest.
The plaintiffs, who originally sued for $4 million each, are getting a total of $240,000 in damages, reports TMZ.com.
X’s lawyer, Richard Corde, told the Web site: “Mr. Simmons still feels justified in pulling them over when they didn’t get out of his way… he’s not apologizing for that. The gentleman driving should have gotten out of his way.”
The rapper is currently serving a 90-day jail sentence in Arizona for theft, drug possession and animal cruelty.
Information from Eurweb.com contributed to this report.
