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Judge Says She’s Leaning Toward Denying Default Judgment Against Rapper

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By City News Service on February 3, 2022 News

LOS ANGELES – A judge said Wednesday she is inclined to deny a man’s request for more than $170,000 in a default judgment against rapper Famous Dex, who the plaintiff accuses of stealing his luxury watch and then lying to police about who was the victim.

Having issued her tentative ruling Wednesday, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Teresa A. Beaudet is scheduled to hold a hearing on plaintiff Michael Francati’s case on Thursday before issuing a final ruling.

Francati is seeking a default judgment because the singer has not participated in the suit. He wants a total of $172,586 from the rapper, including $90,000 in compensatory damages that incorporates the loss of his watch and “the extensive emotional distress, anguish, and anxiety I have suffered,” his court papers state.

But according to the judge, Francati has provided “no additional evidence regarding the asserted value of the watch” or facts to support his request for emotional distress damages. He also has not brought forth “any meaningful evidence” of the rapper’s financial condition to support his request for $80,000 in punitive damages, according to Beaudet.

The singer’s real name is Dexter Tiewon Gore Jr. In a sworn declaration, Francati says he and the 28-year-old entertainer already knew each other socially when he contacted the singer last March 10. At the time, the singer was at the Saticoy Smoke Shop in Van Nuys, according to Francati.

The plaintiff said at one point he asked the singer to “showcase my luxury watch on his Instagram account. I thought it was a good opportunity to have my watch viewed by a large crowd because Famous Dex is a well-known rapper and has a massive audience on Instagram.”

The singer accepted Francati’s proposal and the two decided to meet that night at the smoke shop, Francati says. When Francati arrived at the business, the rapper was still in his car and asked the plaintiff to hand him the watch, according to the plaintiff.

“I handed him the watch thinking that he wanted it to take a look at it,” according to Francati, who says the singer instead drove away with the watch.

After a period of time, the singer called Francati and said four men had robbed him, taking the watch with them, according to Francati. Francati reported the alleged robbery and met with the singer, who returned to the smoke shop, Francati says.

“Famous Dex made up false and misleading information to the officers as the robbery had never taken place,” according to Francati..

Without giving Francati a chance to tell his side of the story, the officers placed the plaintiff inside their patrol car and let the singer leave, the plaintiff says.

“I was handcuffed and placed in the back seat of the police car for a prolonged time because Famous Dex, lying to the officers, told them that I had allegedly staged the robbery and set him up to be arrested,” Francati says.

That same night, the singer displayed Francati’s watch on the entertainer’s Instagram account, according to the plaintiff.

Francati says he has suffered “from a great deal of anxiety, stress and monetary loss.”

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