JERMAINE DUPRI, DA BRAT SUED OVER CLUB FIGHT
Nov 5th, 2009 by Bilal Ali
The waitress who was hit in the face with a bottle wielded by rapper Da Brat at Jermaine Dupri’s nightclub filed a civil lawsuit against both artists over the assault.
Shayla Stevens, a former Atlanta Falcons cheerleader, was an employee at Dupri’s Atlanta club Studio 72 when she claims Da Brat smashed her in the face with a bottle, causing serious injuries.     Â
The lawsuit in Fulton County Superior Court claims Da Brat, born Shawntae Harris, has a criminal record and violent past record of assaulting other women; and that Dupri, a promoter named Joseph London and security personnel failed to protect her from the rapper during the altercation at a Halloween party in October 2007.
Stevens suffered permanent scars and nerve damage to her face after Da Brat struck her with a bottle of rum.
In August of 2008, Da Brat pleaded guilty to Felony Aggravated Assault and was sentenced to three years in prison. Upon her release, Da Brat must also serve seven years of probation and perform 200 hours of community service.
In 2000, Da Brat was charged with pistol-whipping another woman during a dispute in the V.I.P. section of a Buckhead, Georgia nightclub. In that assault, which required her victim to receive six stitches, Da Brat was sentenced to 80 hours of probation and fined $1,000.