Afroman prevails in cops' music video defamation suit after a brief but viral trial
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Rapper Afroman won a defamation lawsuit brought by police officers depicted in his music video.
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Afroman, the rapper behind "Because I Got High," defeated a defamation lawsuit filed by deputies after he released a 2023 music video mocking a police raid on his Ohio home. The video, part of his album and song "Lemon Pound Cake," used home footage from the raid to ridicule the officers. The deputies' civil suit against him failed, giving Afroman a legal victory in what became a brief but widely shared viral case.
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