Sunday, June 1, 2008

50 Cent Responds to House Fire


50 Cent’s lawyer Brett Kimmel released a statement on the rapper’s behalf today, concerning the mysterious house fire early this morning.

Shaniqua Tompkins, the ex-girlfriend and baby’s mother of 50's 10-year-old son Marquise, says that before this morning’s house fire in Long Island — that resulted in six people, including 50's son, being sent to the hospital — someone had broken into the house.

In a statement, Kimmel said: "Any suggestion that Mr. Jackson had anything whatsoever to do with the fire at his home is outrageous and offensive.”

Tompkins angrily spoke to TMZ reporters after the fire today alleging that the rap star is obsessed with her and threatened to kill her...



“He’s obsessed!” she’s screamed, “If he can’t have me, he feel like nobody can, he’s obsessed!” Tompkins went on to say that 50 arranged for the house to be burned down, in a jealous attempt to kill her.

“He said he was going to have someone come kill me, and watch what he does. And this is what he did…and he has made no contact to even see how his son is doing! No contact. I’m very upset.”

According to the Associated Press, the fire was so intense the area’s Fire Chief, Larry Feld, said the ordeal was “suspicious.” The fire ironically occurred just days after a heated argument between 50 and Tompkins inside Tompkins’ lawyer’s office…over the house.

50 has been attempting to get Tompkins evicted out the house, even though Tompkins has claimed in court that the rapper bought the house for her. 50 has said that he finds it “inappropriate” that Tompkins has been living in the house with her new boyfriend and “several other people.”

Today, Tompkins told TMZ that one hour before the “suspicious” fire she heard an intruder in the home, at around 4 a.m. Tompkins’s lawyer said that she is currently “traumatized” by the event, and so are the kids, who were all treated for smoke inhalation. A firefighter was also hurt, and later treated for an eye injury.

Source: VIBE

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