Meek Mill is suing the Philadelphia Police Department over an arrest that occurred in 2012. The MC claims the city owes him big bucks after violating his civil rights, false imprisonment and invasion of privacy.
Meek Mill’s complaint states:
“On October 31, 2012, at approximately 7:30 p.m., plaintiff was driving a Range Rover SUV when Philadelphia Police Officers Andre Boyer and Michael Vargas, without cause or justification, conducted a motor vehicle stop in the area of 11th Street and Girard Avenue in Philadelphia.”
“Following the vehicle stop, police officers Boyer and Vargas handcuffed plaintiff at the scene, transported him in custody to the 22nd Police District, took photographs of plaintiff which the officers posted and published, or caused to be posted and published, on Instagram and other social media websites, depicting plaintiff in police custody, held plaintiff in custody against his will in a jail cell for approximately nine (9) hours, after which time plaintiff was released on November 1, 2012, at 4:30 a.m., without being charged with any criminal activity and having caused plaintiff to miss a scheduled promotional appearance in Atlanta, Georgia.”
Meek Mill is now seeking damages for the arrest to recoup the $22,000 he lost for cancelling the private jet and $39,000 for the missed appearance. In addition, Meek Mill claims his $2 million Puma contract was dropped to $650k due to the negative publicity of the arrest.
This is not the first time the Philadelphia-based rapper has had a run-in with the law. In 2008 Meek Mill spent eight months in jail on gun-related charges.
