Lawyer for 50 Cent denies rapper robbed man of jewelry
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A lawyer for rapper 50 Cent said Tuesday that neither the musician nor his security guards robbed a Los Angeles man of jewelry at gunpoint in Las Vegas earlier this month.
Police are investigating a report by celebrity website TMZ that a jewelry company owner was robbed early May 2 at or near boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s gym, said Officer Jesse Roybal, a department spokesman.
The alleged attack occurred the morning before Mayweather defeated Manny Pacquiao in a welterweight championship fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
The man had minor injuries when he flagged down an officer and filed a complaint about 5 a.m., Roybal said. No charges were immediately filed, and Roybal said a police report had not been made public.
Attorney Scott Leemon, representing the rapper whose legal name is Curtis James Jackson III, acknowledged TMZ’s report.
LAX Jewelry Co. owner Robert Marin told TMZ that he met the rapper at a nightclub and was later invited to Mayweather’s gym, where he was pistol-whipped and robbed of a diamond watch and chain valued at some $250,000.
“On behalf of 50, I can adamantly deny that he or his security had anything to do with these baseless and false allegations,” Leemon said in a statement.
Marin didn’t immediately respond to telephone messages to his business by The Associated Press.