Atlanta rapper Ca$h Out, whose actual title is John Michael Hakeem Gibson, has been sentenced to life in jail after being discovered responsible of rape, intercourse trafficking, and main a felony group.

The costs got here from a month-long trial the place prosecutors mentioned he used his fame and cash to regulate and abuse girls, forcing them into prostitution. Together with life in jail, Ca$h Out additionally received an additional 70 years, although a few of these sentences will run on the identical time and received’t add extra years.

He now has to register as a intercourse offender, keep away from sure areas in Atlanta, and may’t have any contact together with his victims or their households. In court docket, a number of victims spoke out about how the rapper damage them. They shared painful tales of being abused, managed, and affected by PTSD, nervousness, and despair. One sufferer mentioned she nonetheless fears he may come after her. The mother and father of one other sufferer mentioned he used his fame to reap the benefits of their daughter and destroy lives.

Even after being discovered responsible, Ca$h Out claimed he didn’t do any of it. The ATL rapper mentioned the jury made a mistake and that the victims had been pressured to lie. Evaluating himself to Jesus, saying he was wrongly accused.

His lawyer requested the choose for a 30-year sentence as an alternative of life, saying prosecutors had as soon as provided a 25-year deal that Ca$h Out turned down as a result of he wished to go to trial. The lawyer additionally argued it wouldn’t be honest to punish him extra simply because he selected to struggle the costs in court docket. However the choose gave him the harshest sentence attainable, bringing his rap profession to a everlasting finish.