Snoop Dogg not guilty of beating man, jury finds

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Snoop Dogg did not strike a man who got on stage while the rapper was performing, a civil jury found Friday, according to the Associated Press. Dogg, whose real name is Calvin Broadus, had been charged with civil assault in the case, stemming from a 2005 concert near Seattle. Richard Monroe Jr. claimed he had suffered serious injuries and had been beaten by Dogg and others working with or for the rapper, after Monroe got on stage during a Dogg performance and tried to put his arms around the rapper. Monroe testified that he believed he had been invited on stage. Jurors were shown a video of the incident, which Monroe claimed left him nearly naked, bruised, and unconscious. Monroe was seeking $22 million in damages. But while Dogg himself was cleared, the civil jury found that Monroe had been seriously injured and awarded him $449,400, to be paid by Dogg’s record label, Doggstyle Records, another rapper, Soopafly (aka Priest Brooks), and other unnamed parties. Snoop Dogg was not in court when the verdict was read, but had testified during the trial.

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