Rapper DMX sued by Prince George’s resident

Friday, Oct. 13, 2006

by Judson Berger

Staff Writer

Prince George’s County resident Monique Wayne filed a $6 million lawsuit Thursday against rapper DMX, claiming he injured her reputation by claiming in a magazine interview that she raped him in his sleep.

DMX made the statements during an interview with Sister 2 Sister magazine, and his statements have since been widely reported. Wayne fired back with the lawsuit in Prince George’s County Circuit Court claiming damages for defamation, false light, and unreasonable publicity to private life.

‘‘Ms. Wayne has been completely ostracized. It’s a malicious and outrageous allegation,” said Wayne’s attorney Stephanie Moran. ‘‘These are serious allegations.”

Wayne claims in the suit that the two had consensual sex after meeting at a D.C. night club in August 2003. She then became pregnant.

The child, Javon Micai Wayne, has since become the center of a drawn-out paternity and child support dispute.

DMX – born as Earl Simmons – has been ordered to pay $5,000 per month in child support in settlement of the custody suit.