Rick Ross is countersuing Jonathan Zamudio, the landscaper who claimed in June that the rapper, whose given name is William Roberts, and his bodyguard pistol-whipped him and held him in the rapper’s guest house against his will. Zamudio filed a civil lawsuit against the rapper.
“On behalf of Mr. William Roberts we have filed a countersuit that addresses the real perpetrators, Jonathan Zamudio and Leonardo Caceres, and calls for all claims in the August 25th assault/kidnapping civil suit be dropped,” a statement says from Leron Rogers, Ross’s attorney.
Ross filed the suit Wednesday (September 23) with the State Court of Fayette County in Georgia. He is suing for defamation, trespassing, conversion and bad faith, among other claims. He says that Zamudio resided in the guest house without his knowledge and that Zamudio is believed to “have stolen thousands of dollars of lawn equipment,” “impermissibly driven Roberts’s luxury vehicles while he was out of town” and “picked up women at local night clubs and driving these women to Roberts’s property while Roberts was not at the property.”
The statement blames 50 Cent for conspiring with Zamudio to frame the Maybach Music Group rapper. The G-Unit rapper, born Curtis Jackson, has feuded with Ross in the past, using his Pimpin’ Curly character to mock him. 50 Cent also posted a picture of himself with Zamudio on Instagram, calling him a “friend.”
“The mere association between Mr. Roberts’ accusers and Mr. Curtis Jackson, speaks volumes to their lack of credibility and the likelihood of collusion,” the statement continues.
The suit uses Zamudio’s 911 call the day of the alleged assault as evidence in its case. In the audio, he speaks calmly to the dispatcher about getting an escort to the residence to pick up some of his belongings. He does not mention anything about being physically injured.
(This article was last updated on July 1, 2015 and is as follows.)
Rick Ross posted $2 million bond today (July 1, 2015) and was released from a Fayette County, Georgia jail, according to TMZ.
The rapper was granted his release after paying his bond from a number of financial sources: $1 million equity from two of his Georgia residences, $500,000 in cash and $500,000 from a surety bond.
Rick Ross will be wearing a GPS ankle monitor during his release.
Video from TMZ is as follows:
(An earlier version of this story appeared today, July 1, 2015)
Rick Ross appeared in court in Georgia today (July 1), TMZ reports.
The site says that the rapper’s attorney plans to argue that the MMG executive should be released on bail.
(The original version of this story appeared June 24, 2015.)
Rick Ross was arrested today (June 24) for kidnapping, aggravated assault and aggravated battery charges, WSTV-2 Atlanta reports. The Miami rapper’s bodyguard was also apprehended on the same charges.
Ross and Nadrian James are being held in Fayette County, Georgia jail after allegedly getting into a fight with Jonathan Zamudio, a landscaper who was working on Ross’ grounds.
Ross and James are accused of pistol-whipping him and chipping his teeth.
Zamudio was also reportedly held inside of a guest house against his will.
The pair were denied bond and will be held until a Superior Court hearing, scheduled for July 1, according to AJC.
The MMG rapper was arrested in the same county two weeks ago for marijuana possession.
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Another rich idiot who thinks he’s a kingpin. Can’t stay out of trouble, must not have a brain..give him 4 years in the slammer, that way he’ll learn
Kidnapping with pistol is 10 to life…
@jc EVERY RHYME I WRITE IT’S 1+0 TO LIFE!
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Must have an album coming
Kid napped a bakery worker XD
This fool Ross the only rapper in the game who’s rap sheet starts at nearly 40….
Ended up where he started at.
got nothing but respect for an artist who likes to revisit his roots.
Ricky had such a good time with his old work pals a few weeks ago that he had to go back.
It’s staged. Ricky was working undercover. They did the same thing when they arrested O’connor in Fast and Furious when he was driving that truck.
At least this witless fat fuck is comfortable in jail. Nice work, shithead!
Worker screwed ross over so he got taught a lesson. He didn’t know who he was messing with.
Some lesson, best case scenario in this situation is Ross settling a lawsuit and making that worker a millionaire. Maybe when he gets out he could come teach me a lesson next. Fuckin idiot.
You’re a dumbass
ARRESTED FOR KIDNAPPING HUMBERGERS AND FRIES, NIGGA YOU CAN’T SELL RECORD, + YOU’RE GOING TO JAIL WHO DA FUCK GON TAKE CARE OF MMG (MY MORNING GROUPIES ) you’re done officer fried chicken and ships
GO BACK TO YOUR COUNTRY YOU ILLITERATE FUCK
@power FUCK YA! USA IS A COUNTRY OF IMMIGRANTS!
Ross You Fuckin Up. MMG looking ugly now. MEEK time for a promotion. Sorry Wale
He think he big Meech…Larry Hoova…just a bit too much. Don’t like seeing anyone go away. Should’ve told him to leave HIS property. He’s going to need a Johnnie Cochran for this.
ross ain’t going to jail for beating up no mexican. he just gonna pay for his freedom, same way how he pays for his street passes
Nigga thats officer rickey, stop lying
Finally they arrest a cop
These dumb ass ni99@$ keep making stupid decisions foo u a MILLIONAIRE U have your own Empire… Now u goin back to where u started…. MMG
“Now u goin back to where u started” nah, he’ll bail out.
these furking hatters when will u stop sucking at success?#FREEMYNIGGHRICKY#MMGNIGGUH
Gosh!! Bossie u fucked up ful time..pry u geh outa dere..uv learnt yo lesson..richy u stl da boss..
fuck it sum idiots cant have enough bieng in a spot lyt i mean like seriously Kidnaping?
Some of these rappers are fucking stupid as shit. You’re rich, you can support your family & friends, and you travel the world… but they still insist on doing retarded shit? Smfh
I don’t know. If I came home with some people I hired up in my shit, I would have went off on their asses too. I guess the rest of you are cool with that. He definitely went overboard, but still he wasn’t wrong.
At last at nearly 40 William finally has some street cred
Rick Ross appeared
go back in your home boss
Meeks chance to get the fuck out of a wack ass deal
Another successful Black MAN they’re trying to shut down but i get dude that kill them 9 innocent people in the church prolly get a few years because he going to plead insanityi
shoot yourself.
i can’t belive it.
Looks like someone’s being punished for not being a good puppet for the illuminati I guess that freemason cd he put out pissed some people off.i love when these puppets get theres
damn boss! shoulda left that shit to ya soldiers god. Real boss ain’t even around when that type shit going down. Keep your head up doe, we c you.
ricky,aint no ordinary smurk,it seems I underestimated him,hahaha I digg
How would y’all like it u come home and see people in your house without permission eating and dancing and probably wearing your shit why u gone? Ain’t no tell what Rick had in his house. He could of stash a million in the house and come home to intruders in his house, yes I said cause they didn’t have his permission to be there partying. So I would have went a lil ham too. Partying all over my expensive shit like its yours u didn’t sword for this.
fake ass rich rappers.. took this bawse a week to post two mill. this nig had to put his cribs up and shit but that one song he had his checking account balance on was clearly not his.
He was denied bond when he first got bump but he bailed out the same day they issued him 1
He ain’t no gangsta he a wanksta. He probably kicked it with the guards in jail. I bet he took pictures with the guards too. Hahaha. Big fat pussy ass nigguh.
He ain’t no gangsta he a wanksta. He probably kicked it with the guards in jail. I bet he took pictures with the guards too. Hahaha. Big fat pussy ass nigguh.
It used to be that gangsters would rap to get outta the trap of having a criminal record and the situation of having no options to advance in life. Nowadays it seems like rappers who didn’t have a criminal record before are trying to do gangster shit because they think they’re untouchable and end up with a criminal record on some dumb shit….smh #studiogangstas
They got it from Pac
now all his fans see how fake he is…hahaha…bitch ass took a week to get $2mill..but he claims he’s loaded with millions..bwhaha…sucka ass rapper..i wonder will his fans still believe his fake coke raps about being rich and living on top of the world…bwhaha..he’ll filefor bankruptcy soon…rap career is over now…
smh these kids are so stuuuupid. You have no idea how the legal system works Shutup forever please.
Yet Ross claiming he’s rich forever… he ain’t got shit ,fake gangsters!
Fake big fat pussy ass nigguh claiming he had alot of money!!!!:->
U wouldn’t be putting up your houses for bail money if you had that type of money in the bank. The fact that he put up 2 houses and only gave $500,000 in cash means he doesn’t have millions on top of millions in liquid that he can just get to. All that money invested in Wing Stops doesn’t mean shit because he can’t just get those funds from Wing Stop. I’d be surprised if this broke fool had anymore than 4-5 mill sitting in the bank.
Are u stupid or something?? Dont you know the feds look into certain things n who the fuck would put up 2 mil to get out when u can use your house dumbass lol man yall dont k ow shit
“I’d be surprised if this broke fool had anymore than 4-5 mill sitting in the bank.”
Coming from a dude on the internet who is probably still living with his moms. Yeah right.
@realish What you mean “don’t you know the feds look into certain things” lol Yeah when the money is illegal! He’s a damn rapper. He ain’t selling no dope. He ain’t hiding no money. He don’t got it like that.
I wouldn’t call 500,00 in cash broke.
Not broke for me or you, but for somebody always walking around screaming “Boss” like he has mogul money, which I’ve always known he couldn’t because he doesn’t actually “own” anything as far as a label is concerned, then yes that’s a bad look.
He wants to portray that he has 50/Jay-Z/Puff money, but he doesn’t even have rich artist like Kanye money. He’s no boss. He’s a worker. MMG is an “imprint” under Warner Bros. All he owns is a Wingstop restaurant, and he’s probably just a partner in that.
Yeah, you’re right. But like the other guy said, Ross frequently claims he’s worth like 30 million dollars. Sure, equities count among that. But at the same time, he’s having to gather it from different sources….? If this dude was as rich as he claims, he’d just cut the check and they’d let him loose.
He should be released
Every one makes mistakes dude
Ricky, It’s either this or jail. And you know what they do to you in jail.
There could be many tax issues and other good reasons to do it this way. We ain’t got that kind of money, do we don’t know
Geezus people… Just because a guy says he has millions upon millions doesnt mean that he’s a complete moron and only keeps those millions in some no interest paying savings or checking account. You’re u would have to be the stupidest rapper on the planet to tie all your money or even most of your money up in liquid type of accounts because you will never grow that money. Buying multiple properties and having most of your money in various investment vehicles that take a week or more to get access to would be the normal way wealthy people invest their money…And handle this kind of stuff without random Internet douche bags making smug ass ignorant remarks..
it coulda been any one of us who gone down like dat. I woulda beat da fuck outa his ass too. as far as kid napping goes if you hold somebody longer then 5 min. its considered kid napping. oan; rap ain’t been rap since krs 1 and dem. everybody wana be gangsta these days until it get real life threatning then they wana tro up a peace sign.
He had other sources he cud get da money frm,he got it n’ walkd home without touchin his accounts,he sold his 2 houses,how many is he remainin with?you cud huv been in da streets if not even u bt ur pops sold his 4 ur freedom.live my ni99a alone.he’s payed da cost n’ hes still da BOSS!!!
lmao you keep telling yourself that bullshit dude sold that shit because he didnt have enough liquid assets to cover the bail….you big dummy
Tupac was a balerrina thug. Nas wasn’t a queens thug. Jay z never moved big weight. 50 cent,tip and young jeezy all snitch. All these so called real rappers you praise weren’t bout that life they all rap about stuff they have never done. How can you hypocrites call Rick Ross out for being fake when your favourite rappers are fake. Gucci mane lives the life he raps about he is the realest rapper ever. He killed a man he sold drugs hr beats people up. He is real rap the rest of the rap you hypocrites call real rap is fake rap
why you bein defensive brother? are you fake too?
you mad bro??
I hope you are joking or something daaamn! you stuuupid, i mean really stupid..
Yes Pac did take ballerina classes but the brotha had a brain unlike you he was smart.
He wanted the black community to be one.. People to stop killin each other and to start thinking on its own and not just listen to what politicans have to say, because they wont change anything anyways so why even care?
But if killing people and hurting them is better you are right.. Ps. 2pac never said he was the type of nigga to sell drugs and kill people, he even said in a intrview that he tried to sell dope for 2 weeks but quit after seeing how much crackheads would do to get it.
PPS. FUCK GUCCI MANE
The truth of the matter is y’all don’t read and comprehend like dum nigglets. Go read the AJC stories they tell you in them, the dirty Cracka’s didn’t want any of it! Cash that is. They only wanted his property! He offered cash and they said, “no we want the Holyfield property!” They don’t play fair in “GawGa Boys and Girls!”
Black Baldhead cop voice “Ross; You know you done fucked up…”
Lmfao Curly getting sued again.. that nigga is so broke he gonna have to change his name to 10 Cent soon.
he really is a police ass nigga, homeboy showed up at an Effen bottle signing so 50 took a pic with him, they aint even know each other when he sued Ross
Yor bad for my nikka Roze