{"id":277511,"date":"2023-06-15T05:26:59","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T10:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=277511"},"modified":"2023-06-15T10:57:37","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T15:57:37","slug":"coolios-estate-receives-173k-claim-from-casino-assault-victim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/coolios-estate-receives-173k-claim-from-casino-assault-victim\/","title":{"rendered":"Coolio\u2019s Estate Receives $173K Claim from Casino ‘Assault’ Victim"},"content":{"rendered":"

A woman who claims she was assaulted at the MGM Detroit Casino<\/a> by Coolio is demanding $173K from the late rapper\u2019s estate, RadarOnlin<\/em>e reports.<\/p>\n

\"Coolio,
Coolio, above, was found unresponsive on a bathroom floor in L.A. in October 2022 and was pronounced dead at the scene. The coroner determined he died of an accidental drug overdose. (Image: Dpa Picture Alliance\/Alamy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Randa Davis has filed a creditor\u2019s claim for the sum, which she says she was owed as part of a default judgment in 2013. That judgment came after Coolio, who died from a drug overdose in September 2022, ignored a civil complaint filed by Davis two years earlier.<\/p>\n

According to the lawsuit, the Gangsta\u2019s Paradise rapper, real name Artis Leon Ivey Jr, \u201cjumped on [Davis\u2019] back and rode her like a bull\u201d while \u201cheavily intoxicated\u201d at the after-show party that followed his September 2009 performance at the MGM Grand.<\/p>\n

\u2018Mental Anguish\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Coolio had invited Davis and a friend to the VIP area at the casino\u2019s V Nightclub. The alleged assault occurred while she was standing on a VIP balcony peering over the dance floor. Davis claimed the rapper\u2019s actions injured her back, and embarrassed and humiliated her.<\/p>\n

She said she suffered \u201cpain, disability, mental anguish, medical expenses, wage loss, loss of future earning potential, and other damages.\u201d She initially demanded $1 million from the artist.<\/p>\n

In issuing the default judgment, a federal judge in Detroit determined that Ivey apparently \u201chas decided to avoid participating in this matter entirely.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cDefendant\u2019s refusal to cooperate in discovery is willful, that it has prejudiced Plaintiff, that Defendant was previously warned that a default judgment could be entered against him if he continued to refuse to cooperate in discovery, and that a lesser sanction is not appropriate,\u201d wrote US District Judge Paul D. Borman.<\/p>\n

Accidental OD<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Coolio was discovered unresponsive on the bathroom floor of a friend\u2019s house in Los Angeles on the morning of Sept. 28, 2022. He was pronounced dead by first responders. In April of this year, the Los Angeles County Coroner\u2019s Office announced the artist had died from an accidental overdose of fentanyl, heroin, and methamphetamine. He was 57.<\/p>\n

At the time of his death, Coolio was about to finalize a deal<\/a> for a Las Vegas residency, where he would headline 10 shows at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Coolio first appeared on the LA hip-hop scene in the late 1980s as part of the gangsta rap group WC and the Maad Circle. His career took off with the release of his 1994 debut solo \u201cIt Takes a Thief,\u201d whose opening track, \u201cFantastic Voyage,\u201d reached No. 3 on the Billboard<\/em>\u00a0Hot 100.<\/p>\n

He will be remembered above all for his chart-topping \u201cGangsta\u2019s Paradise\u201d single, released a year later. The track, which samples Stevie Wonder\u2019s “Pastime Paradise,” appeared in the Michelle Pfeiffer film\u00a0 Dangerous Minds, <\/em>and won Coolio a Grammy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A woman who claims she was assaulted at the MGM Detroit Casino by Coolio is demanding $173K from the late rapper\u2019s estate, RadarOnline reports. Randa Davis has filed a creditor\u2019s claim for the sum, which she says she was owed as part of a default judgment in 2013. That judgment came after Coolio, who died […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":277512,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3313,81886,60],"tags":[83060,86693,86692],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nCoolio\u2019s Estate Receives $173K Claim from Casino 'Assault' Victim<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Late rapper Coolio\u2019s alleged MGM Grand Detroit assault victim claims she is owed $173,000 from a 2013 default judgment.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/coolios-estate-receives-173k-claim-from-casino-assault-victim\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Coolio\u2019s Estate Receives $173K Claim from Casino 'Assault' Victim\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Late rapper Coolio\u2019s alleged MGM Grand Detroit assault victim claims she is owed $173,000 from a 2013 default judgment.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/coolios-estate-receives-173k-claim-from-casino-assault-victim\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Casino.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Casino.OrgNews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-06-15T10:26:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-06-15T15:57:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Coolio.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Philip Conneller\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@casinoorgphilc\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Casino_Org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Philip Conneller\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/coolios-estate-receives-173k-claim-from-casino-assault-victim\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/coolios-estate-receives-173k-claim-from-casino-assault-victim\/\",\"name\":\"Coolio\u2019s Estate Receives $173K Claim from Casino 'Assault' Victim\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/coolios-estate-receives-173k-claim-from-casino-assault-victim\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/coolios-estate-receives-173k-claim-from-casino-assault-victim\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Coolio.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-06-15T10:26:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-06-15T15:57:37+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/58769b72851c8cf117fb58ca150ebf8b\"},\"description\":\"Late rapper Coolio\u2019s alleged MGM Grand Detroit assault victim claims she is owed $173,000 from a 2013 default judgment.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/coolios-estate-receives-173k-claim-from-casino-assault-victim\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/coolios-estate-receives-173k-claim-from-casino-assault-victim\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/coolios-estate-receives-173k-claim-from-casino-assault-victim\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Coolio.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Coolio.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":900,\"caption\":\"Coolio, above, was found unresponsive on a bathroom floor in L.A. in October 2022 and was pronounced dead at the scene. 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