{"id":178844,"date":"2019-07-25T12:52:33","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T17:52:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/rapper-belly-sues-coachella-after-vicious-beatdown-by-guards"},"modified":"2019-07-25T12:52:42","modified_gmt":"2019-07-25T17:52:42","slug":"rapper-belly-sues-coachella-after-vicious-beatdown-by-guards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/rapper-belly-sues-coachella-after-vicious-beatdown-by-guards","title":{"rendered":"Rapper Belly Sues Coachella After Vicious Beatdown by Guards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"main\">\n<article id=\"post-104907\" class=\"post-104907 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news tag-attorney tag-belly tag-ben-meiselas tag-coachella tag-coachella-valley tag-coachella-valley-music-and-arts-festival tag-indio-california tag-rapper tag-tmz tag-vicious\" readability=\"42.9704459968\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\">    \t\t<!-- .entry-meta --><br \/>\n    \t<\/header>\n<p><!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" readability=\"27.4736231884\">\n\t\t<!-- adman_adcode_beginning --><\/p>\n<div readability=\"61.6838614591\">\n<section id=\"cb-4f138c38a6eead377bb3cfaa004bfb19\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"attorney\" alt=\"attorney\" class=\"img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Rapper-Belly-Sues-Coachella-After-Vicious-Beatdown-by-Guards.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Exclusive<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-7f6543680ca0cce548f908736beb550f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"33\">\n<p>A big rapper says Coachella\u2019s to blame for an unprovoked attack by the music festival\u2019s security that left him with with some serious and lifelong injuries \u2026 thus, a new lawsuit.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-4da3023a61b097938d935551dcb16ce0\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"39.4954407295\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/belly\/\"><strong>Belly<\/strong><\/a> just filed against the famous festival, claiming it caused the incident by hiring a security company that WAILED on him back in April 2018 while Belly\u2019s friend, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/the-weeknd\/\"><strong>The Weeknd<\/strong><\/a>, performed on the main stage. According to new legal docs obtained by TMZ \u2026 Belly claims approximately 25 security guards pummeled him without cause.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-3f6f4a31161fb85cf7045788cb561eb1\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"w-100\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive-item\">\n<div id=\"video-player-74c00011-e035-5d48-a02c-9fba354cf4d6-1692698105-image-holder\" class=\"video-block-image-holder vilynx_enabled vilynx_audiopolicycta vilynx_hidectaicon\" data-vilynx-id=\"www.tmz.com\/videos\/0-ovu1cq5b\">\n    <button class=\"embed-responsive-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-74c00011-e035-5d48-a02c-9fba354cf4d6-1692698105-play-btn\"><br \/><span class=\"sr-only\">Play video content<\/span><br \/><\/button><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"belly\" alt=\"belly\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/1564076503_878_Rapper-Belly-Sues-Coachella-After-Vicious-Beatdown-by-Guards.jpg\"\/><span class=\"media-video-swipe video-block__media-video-swipe\">4\/20\/18<\/span>\n       <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ.com<\/span>\n   <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-d0e8e4aa1437bc8e8298f40f8defb4f7\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"32\">\n<p>Belly \u2014 who performed at the festival earlier that night \u2014 says he had all the necessary credentials to access all areas on the grounds \u2026 including the most exclusive and restricted VIP sections.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-99950d38610889ecf13beb7f56673e3a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"36.0039840637\">\n<p>Belly \u2014 who enlisted the firebrand of attorney <strong>Ben Meiselas<\/strong> \u2014 says he was headed to a backstage VIP area, when out of nowhere, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2018\/04\/22\/belly-coachella-attack-security-bodyguard-the-weeknd\/\"><strong>security bum rushed him<\/strong><\/a> and repeatedly grabbed, punched, kicked and choked him. The brutal attack was all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2018\/04\/21\/rapper-belly-punched-coachella-security-crazy-video-weeknd\/\"><strong>caught on video<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-e2e80cbf1769ec71a85bccf70ae14a29\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block canvas-youtube-video-block-permalink \"\/>\n<section id=\"cb-99fbfe66c9f58fef6f1b710caee557fb\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"39\">\n<p>Belly says the attack left him bruised, battered, concussed and nearly unconscious. He claims he suffered permanent physical and mental pain and trauma. Belly \u2014 who is also suing Coachella\u2019s organizers and the security firm it hired \u2014 wants a ton of money, but he wasn\u2019t specific.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-e05ea8987ee8d933cfd538bc4af57e78\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-block-is-last \" readability=\"31\">\n<p>We\u2019ve reached out to Coachella\u2019s organizers. So far, no word back.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2019\/07\/25\/rapper-belly-sues-coachella-beatdown-guards-video\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- adman_adcode_after --><\/p>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\">Sharing is caring!<\/p>\n<p class=\"gasd_author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/about-me\" rel=\"author\" title=\"Profile for Dalelorenzo Johnson\">Profile for Dalelorenzo Johnson<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<footer class=\"entry-footer\"><span class=\"cat-links\">Posted in <a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/category\/categorized\/news\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a><\/span>\t<\/footer>\n<p><!-- .entry-footer --><\/article>\n<p><!-- #post-## --><!-- #comments --><\/p><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/rapper-belly-sues-coachella-after-vicious-beatdown-by-guards\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exclusive A big rapper says Coachella\u2019s to blame for an unprovoked attack by the music festival\u2019s security that left him with with some serious and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-178844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178844\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}