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50 Cent Banned from Selling Fiery Wreckage

by celebuzz on Jun. 11, 2008 08:10 AM / 2 Comments

Hip-hop artist 50 Cent has been told by a judge he cannot sell the ashy hole in the ground that used to be his $2.4 million Long Island mansion until police determine what caused it to burn down.

The house, the centerpiece of a ferocious legal battle between Fiddy and his ex Shaniqua Tompkins, burned down last month. Tompkins, who is the mother of his 11-year-old son, Marquise, had refused to move out after their relationship went kaput.

The rapper responded by insisting she move out or begin paying $4,500 in rent. A deposition in the scorned woman's lawyer's office last month, shortly before the fire, resulted in a member of 50's entourage allegedly trashing the office and a very public spat on the streets of Manhattan.

The judge ordered that any insurance money from the blaze be put in a trust account until investigators can determine the cause, though she did order Tompkins to pay her ex the $4,500 for her last month in the home.

Tompkins and Marquise were present at the time of the fire and treated for smoke inhalation. A Long Island police official remarked at the time that the blaze was "suspicious."

Since then, Tompkins has been on a tear, throwing allegations that "he told me he was gonna have someone come kill me." Someone must have knocked some sense into her, because after this latest hearing, she was loath to reup the allegation.

We could go farther with this report, but we don't want Celebuzz to burn down.

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“Holy crap is the drama getting good around 50 Cent! The Long Island home from which he has been trying to evict his ex Shaniqua (people are actually named that?) Tompkins from mysteriously burned down this morning.

Holy shite. The fire, which authorities have reportedly said was no accident, comes on the heels of a very public dust-up in an attorney's office that then spilled out into the street between 50, his entourage, Shaniqua and lawyers on Monday afternoon.”

Socialite Life

“The house was allegedly promised to Shaniqua by 50 until he decided to put her and Marquise on the street. The AP reports:

Tompkins filed a lawsuit against 50 earlier this year claiming he had promised her a house more than a decade ago, but that since their breakup, he now wants to evict her and their 10-year-old son from the home. Tompkins' lawyer, Paul Catsandonis, told The Associated Press in a telephone interview that the dispute over the house had become "extremely, extremely contentious" in recent days. Although he declined to be specific, he said there was an "extremely dangerous incident" Monday in his Manhattan office while taking a deposition for the lawsuit.

And by "extremely dangerous incident," Shaniqua's lawyer meant 50 yelled "Bitch, I'll burn that house down with you in it at exactly 4 A.M. Friday May 30, 2008. But first, you'll hear someone break in and shit and you'll be all, 'Aw no, what's happenin'?' And it'll be me burning down this particular house in the middle of our highly publicized court battle. But ain't no one's gonna know it was me! Ha! In da house. 50 out. The fucks' the elevator? I hate stairs!"”

The Superficial

“Six people were in the house — including 50’s son Marquis and ex-girlfriend Shaniqua Tompkins — all escaped without injury. 50 has been involved in a bitter fight with his ex because she simply refuses to move out of the $2.4 million house.

The couple was seen yelling at each other on the streets of Manhattan earlier this week, just after a member of 50’s entourage “trashed” the office of Shaniqua’s lawyer.”

Celebslam

“A house owned by rap star 50 Cent has burned down. The New York property is currently the home of his ex-girlfriend and son. 6 people were in the house when it became engulfed in flames, all of them were rescued and rushed to hospital, suffering from smoke inhalation.

Officials consider the blaze at the $2.4 million home in Dix Hills, Long Island, to be suspicious.

50 Cent had been trying to get his ex-girlfriend, Shaniqua Tompkins, evicted from the property unless she paid him $4,500 a month rent. However, he had also stated that he wanted her, and their son, Marquise, to move to a more secure and safe location.”

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xoxojaniepie 1 yr 5 mos ago
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lol we wouldn't want Celebuzz to burn down either
notobsessed 1 yr 5 mos ago
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it was SOOO one of fifty's entourage. he threatended her, and fifty is not one to bullshit around