Quavo has lost his Las Vegas “slap” trial.
According to KLAS, the 33-year-old Migos founder has been ordered to pay $682,000 to Antonio Henry, a former valet he assaulted in 2018. The incident reportedly went down outside the Encore Hotel & Casino, where the plaintiff was employed at the time. Video showed the men in a heated confrontation before Quavo struck the hotel worker in the face.
Henry sought $800,000 in compensatory and punitive damages, claiming the assault caused him emotional and physical harm, including a concussion and lower back injury. Quavo’s attorney, however, insisted Henry was not seriously injured during the altercation and accused the plaintiff of trying to secure a “hip-hop lotto ticket.”
“They are seeking a massive award of money,” Quavo’s lawyer, William Briggs II, said during his closing statement. “I don’t know about you, but to me, $800,000 is a lot of money. I think it’s a lot of money to a lot of people. And Mr. Henry cannot establish that he was injured by that single slap… Had my client wanted to harm, injure or hurt Mr. Henry, he would have punched him, not slapped him.”
During the trial, Quavo’s counsel asked the rapper, “What do you believe your image to be?”
“To be a great role model, for the kids at least,” he replied. “And just be myself and show them where I came from. I always – never forget where I came from. But, also just be kind to others.”
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Henry’s attorney, Joel Hengstler, dismissed the “lotto ticket” comparison and the defense’s attempt to downplay his client’s injuries. He suggested the only way to achieve justice was by making Quavo pay up.
“The fact that this is about money is only because we can’t go back in time,” he told the court, adding that the 2018 incident “fundamentally changed” his client. “We can’t have made Mr. Marshall act with kindness instead… It’s not a lottery.”
A jury agreed with Hengstler and requested the payout be issued on Wednesday. Quavo also received a citation in connection to the assault.