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Orlando court upholds rapper 50 Cent’s award in legal dispute with Melbourne company

Rapper Curtis James Jackson III — better known as 50 Cent — has won a legal battle in Orange County. (TigerDirect.com/Used under Creative Commons license/https://flic.kr/p/jSAuPB)

ORLANDO, Fla. — Editor’s note: This story is available as a result of a content partnership between WFTV and the Orlando Business Journal.

Rapper Curtis Jackson III, widely known as 50 Cent, has triumphed in a legal dispute with Melbourne-based Parker Brothers Concepts Inc., securing a $195,000 arbitration award that Orange County’s Ninth Judicial Circuit has upheld.

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The victory comes after a protracted court battle involving custom vehicles, shifting legal strategies and an arbitration process the defendants initially demanded but later challenged.

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Jackson is represented by Michael Whitt of Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP. Parker Brothers’ attorney is Andrew Propst of Legal Solutions Law Firm LLC.

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