Wednesday - September 20, 2006 by Carl Chery
Foxy Brown

Nearly two years after being accused of robbing Foxy Brown, designer Tanya Manderson quietly won a false arrest and defamation judgment against the rapper when Fox defaulted on the case. She now says the rapper is broke but plans to make her pay in court.

"From what I understand, she really doesn't have any money. Her finances aren't in great shape. Apparently there was some attempt to have insurance pay claims or something like that," Manderson told SOHH regarding Foxy's attempt to settle. "I think she fired [her lawyer] or he left, so he was no longer representing her and we never heard from her, so we just won a judgment against her."[View the court documents Page 1 & Page 2]

"She defaulted," Steve Krawitz, Manderson's lawyer, explained. "I have to collect money from her, but I don't know how to do that."

Manderson is suing Foxy (born Inga Marchand) for libel and defamation of character after a grand jury exonerated her of robbing Foxy at New York's Show Night Club back in October of 2004. Manderson was initially charged with third degree robbery, grand larceny and possession of stolen property, but cleared in March of 2005.

"Basically, the story never stood in court. It went to a grand jury and [they] found that she wasn't credible," Manderson revealed. "And they threw out the case and I was cleared. It never came out that I was cleared."

According to Manderson, Foxy, accompanied by a Show Night Club bouncer, walked into the bathroom and picked a fight with her. Manderson said she defended herself before she was thrown out the door. Interestingly, Manderson says she never met Fox before the night of the incident.

"I know for a fact that she's a habitual liar because she lied about me. From my personal experience, I would have to say she's unstable," Manderson opined. "Two days before my case went to the grand jury she got arrested for the Nail Salon incident, which she pled guilty to. Nothing that I hear surprises me."

According to court documents, Manderson claims that Foxy "made false accusations" about her which were "published by the local media and were defamatory to her causing her damages." In addition to Foxy and her Black Roses Entertainment, Manderson has also named others in the lawsuit including Russell Simmons' Rush Communications, Def Jam Music Inc, celebrity publicist Marvette Britto's Britto Agency, The Show Night Club and the bouncer.

A hearing is soon to be scheduled to determine what damages, if any, Manderson has sustained. Manderson hopes to get at least $1 million out of the settlement.

"She may or may not be broke," says Manhattan-based attorney, Mark Samuel regarding Manderson's assertion about Foxy's finances. "Her failure to respond to Manderson's complaint does not mean that she could not afford an attorney. It is difficult to speculate on why she did not respond. Nonetheless, assuming the default judgment is not vacated by the court, the hearing after the trial will determine what damages she may owe Manderson."

Foxy Brown's reps could not be reached for comment at press time.

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* kerline says...
* Thats good for that beeyatch she's always tryin to act hard but look wht happen now.
* Wednesday, 09-20-2006 @ 1:17pm

* Bottles says...
* people keep talkin about Foxy Brown but who cares...MYSPACE.COM/BOTTLESBABY
* Wednesday, 09-20-2006 @ 1:23pm

* da one irie b says...
* f#@$ foxy brown, the beeyatch is stupid, her career is f#@$ed up, and the motherf#@$er, don't know when to stop being a fake beeyatch
* Wednesday, 09-20-2006 @ 1:39p

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