50 Cent Addresses Beam Suntory Lawsuit
Media mogul, multi-platinum rapper, and Sire Sprits owner 50 Cent's lawsuit against Beam Suntory went viral last week after he accused the liquor giant of an embezzlement scheme that he says cost him millions of dollars and nearly robbed him of his dream of owning his own liquor company.
"Now they're at a point where they're go[i]ng to see, everybody's going to see. This noise affects them, they get really uncomfortable," he told FOX 5 NY's Lisa Evers in an exclusive interview.
Depositions are underway in the New York State Supreme Court lawsuit of 50 Cent's Sire Spirits vs. Beam Suntory, Michael Caruso, Julios Grant and others.
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Former club king Michael "Lord Michael" Caruso is the first to be deposed under oath in the case. He was a government informant in the Peter Gatien Ecstasy drug trial. Sire Spirits attorney Craig Weiner notes that Mr. Caruso was highly compensated by Beam Suntory and as set forth in the pleadings played a key part in the multi-million dollar kickback scheme.
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"So you have Beam Suntory hiring Mr. Caruso, or should I call him "Lord Michael" as he likes to be known apparently, you have the two of them working together and conspiring in order to get Sire Spirits to buy it's champagne and it's cognac from parties that were given illicit and hidden commissions to them," said Sire Spirits attorney Craig Weiner of Blank Rome LLP.
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Attorney Craig Weiner says they have all the facts they need to prove their claims.
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“50 Cent Addresses Beam Suntory Lawsuit,” by Lisa Evers, was published by Fox 5 New York on March 18, 2024.