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A “suspicious” fire early Friday, the Associated Press reports, destroyed 50 Cent’s multimillion-dollar home at the center of the conflict between the rapper and the mother of his son.
It appears that six people, including 50 Cent’s ex-girlfriend Shaniqua Tompkins and their 10-year-old son, Marquise, were taken to a hospital due to smoke inhalation. They were later released. Officials mentioned a firefighter also suffered a minor eye wound.
The rapper does not live in the home and was not there at the time. The home was burned to the ground.
The fire was reported at 4:59 a.m. and was extinguished about 45 minutes later, Dix Hills Fire Chief Larry Feld said. Investigators from the Suffolk County arson squad were called to the scene and they had finished the work at the scene six hours after the blaze.
“Informed this morning while filming a new motion picture on location in Louisiana, Curtis Jackson expressed deep concern over this fire at his property," a rep for 50 Cent said in a statement, quoted by the A.P.
“He is extremely thankful that everyone including his son, Marquise, escaped the burning house safely. He is confident that authorities will be conducting a thorough investigation of the incident and is eager to review their findings,” the rep added, according to the same source.
Tompkins filed a lawsuit against the rapper earlier this year claiming that he promised her a house more than a decade ago, but that since their breakup, he now wants to evict her and their 10-year-old son from the home.
Tompkins’ attorney, Paul Catsandonis, told the A.P. that the dispute over the house became “extremely, extremely contentious” in recent days. He said there was an “extremely dangerous incident” Monday in his Manhattan office while taking a deposition for the lawsuit. The conflict was “involving the parties in question,” Catsandonis said.
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