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The deal, which required Smith to admit his involvement in the attack, closes at least one of the chapters in the ongoing legal saga between R. Kelly and Jay-Z. The R&B crooner and Def Jam’s president have waged a drawn-out legal campaign against one another over the dissolution of the duo’s Best of Both Worlds trek. The most recent legal battle, a $91 million lawsuit Kelly’s lawyers filed last November, alleges that Jay-Z rewarded Smith with a cushy executive post at Def Jam for carrying out the attack.
A bench warrant had been issued for Smith, a childhood friend of Jay-Z’s and a member of his entourage, in November 2004. Smith was charged with assault in the third degree and faced a 12-month prison term if convicted. He was accused of pepper-spraying Kelly and several of the artist’s security guards during the MSG gig.
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