John Doe on Verge of Winning Child Sex Trafficking Lawsuit Against Afrika Bambaataa and the Zulu Nation
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Bronx, NY (June 7, 2022)–The time allowed by law for Afrika Bambaataa and the Zulu Nation to respond to a lawsuit brought under the Child Victims Act has expired. The suit alleges Bambaataa committed “predatory and wrongful acts in grooming, abusing, raping, sodomizing, and trafficking” a 12-year-old boy at a Zulu Nation office and other locations. The attorney for John Doe, the plaintiff who was granted anonymity in a previous motion, filed a second motion in the case, asking the court for a default judgment.
In this second motion, Attorney Hugo Ortega of Tanner and Ortega LLP is asking that John Doe receive the default judgment because Bambaataa, whose real name is Lance Taylor, has not appeared nor answered the complaint filed on August 4, 2021.
Bambaataa had until October 24, 2021, to respond to the initial summons and complaint. To date, he has not filed a response nor has an attorney on record. Ortega is also asking for an inquest on the plaintiff’s damages, which he has not yet specified.
Ortega moved to default judgment on April 11, 2022, and a server delivered a copy of the motion and summons to Bambaataa on April 30, 2022. A woman who refused to give her name at his last known residence in Teaneck, NJ, accepted the service. They described her as white, 5’4, and approximately 160 pounds, with blonde and black hair. The server also sent a copy of the summons through US mail.
Bambaataa had until May 31, 2022, to respond to the motion for default judgment.
He has not responded and a decision from the judge is imminent. Metropolis
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I was never planning to let these other Zulu Nation members off the hook by focusing on Bambaataa only.
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