Hip-Hop Diva Lil' Kim Denies Reports |
Written by Keith ID1433 |
Tuesday, 24 May 2005 00:45 |
Hip-hop diva, female rap artist Lil'' Kim has denied reports she's planning to televise video recordings of her recent federal trial on perjury and conspiracy charges. The star faces up to 20 years in prison following her March conviction for giving a misleading testimony under oath in a grand jury testimony, about the infamous 2001 shooting outside New York hip-hop radio station Hot 97. New York production company Red Moxie has now accused the hip-hop diva, real name Kimberly Jones, of turning their footage of her trial into a reality-style TV show, without possessing the legal rights to sell the revealing tapes. Red Moxie bosses have opposed Lil'' Kim's alleged TV deal, because they plan to sell the tapes to an unnamed cable network after the hip-hop artist has been sentenced, insisting they obtained a signed release from her before filming began. But Monday Lil'' Kim's entertainment lawyer L Londell McMillan and defense attorney Mel Sachs fervently denied the reports. McMillan tells newspaper the New York Daily News, "In preparation for the release of her forthcoming album and in hopes that she would be acquitted of all charges brought against her at the time, Lil'' Kim had her life documented." "However, in light of her perjury conviction, yet acquittal of obstruction of justice, Lil'' Kim is currently in a state of remorse, taking responsibility for the jury verdict and instructions by the judge. She has no interest at this time to exploit any such footage, but instead, would rather focus on finishing up the recording of her new album and spending time with her loved ones." Sachs adds, "I''m not familiar with the tapes that you''re discussing. I don''t have any reason to believe there are any comments that would in any way jeopardize the sentencing." |