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Jimmy Henchman Files $100 Million Lawsuit Against Writer & New York Daily News

By Allen Starbury   |   Published 10/19/2010

Jimmy HenchmanIn September, the New York Daily News ran a story that would indicate that notorious music executive Jimmy "Henchman" Rosemond was a federal informant, or as hip-hop fans would put it: a snitch."

In the report, the paper claimed that sealed court documents they obtained proved that Rosemond had been working with the government, giving information to help in convicting other known criminals.

Well, the music executive is firing back, filing a $100 million lawsuit against the Daily News and former Los Angeles Times journalist Chuck Phillips, in an effort to clear his name.

Vibe.com obtained court documents outlining Henchman's suit, and got a statement from his attorney, David Feinstein, regarding the paper's claims.

Feinstein says that the snitch accusations about his client stem from a 2008 L.A. Times article, written by Chuck Phillips, which pointed to both Rosemond and Diddy as conspirators in the 1994 Quad Studios shooting of Tupac.

Henchman's camp claims Phillips' reports are "fabricated" and always seem to pop up every year around the anniversary of Tupac's passing ... and eventually led to the recent story posted by the Daily News.

"It never fails every year around Tupac's death that Chuck Phillips raises his fabricated mouth against Jimmy Rosemond, but we intend to silence his foul mouth with this lawsuit and bury these tampered minutes and paperwork that Chuck Phillip received from jealous and envious inmates, which is the basis of this fairy tale story the Daily News wrote," Feinstein said in a statement to Vibe.com.

"This is why we've named them both in this lawsuit and there's more to come as our investigation unfolds," the attorney continued. "On more than one occasion both Daily News and Chuck Phillips have contacted the same inmate trying to coerce him into saying Jimmy was an informant. We have affidavits from inmates to prove the efforts of their coercion and how determined they were in proving their point. Even after the article's release, Chuck Phillips continued in his quest to change the mind of individuals who refused to lie against Jimmy Rosemond at grand jury proceedings."

In court documents for the lawsuit, Rosemond alleges that Phillips main source is James Sabatino, which they say is a "a con artist who uses people's names to advance his own agenda."

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  • http://www.ButtFuckerTrucker.com Buttfucker Trucker

    NY Daily Times and this Chuck Philips character better really have this so-called "sealed document" to prove they're accusations or they might as well just write Henchman a muthafuckin check.. HUNNED MIL!!!!!

  • Galvanize

    Smoke and Mirrors. this nigga is a dirtbag. period.

  • Galvanize

    @ BFT..I'm sure they got the goods on this rat nigga. Tupac even said so: "Knew he was working for the Feds, Same crime different trial nigga picture what he said"

  • http://www.wtnrradio.com/abeatz ABeatz of WTNRRADIO

    Even if he gets 10% of that it would be well worth it. Go get'em Jimmy! Why not?

  • jane

    BOOM!

    Cut the check!

  • http://www.ButtFuckerTrucker.com Buttfucker Trucker

    @Galvanize
    I heard 2Pacs accusations towards Jimmy and was well aware of who he was talkin about (most people didnt)way back in 96. 2pac said alot of things about alot of people that was'nt always accurate.. more the less his personal opinion which doesnt necessarily make his accusations true nor would I take it as truth just because 2Pac said it.. Pac shoulda obtained that PAPERWORK!!! anybody can say "That Nigga Galvanize Snitchin" but without that paperwork.. aint shit
    feel me?

  • http://hiphopconspiracy.com HipHop Conspiracy

    dont forget this piece to the lawsuit...one of the incarcerated dudes who was conspiring with chuck made several statements during deposition that stick CONSPIRACY!!

    http://hiphopconspiracy.com/affidavit-proves-chuck-philips-allison-gendar-conspired-henchman/

  • http://thetonygrands.wordpress.com @THe_ToNY_GRaNDS™

    Damn. Suing a writer for $100 mil is a FAIL, but if it's a warranted fail, that changes things slightly. Chuck should be happy Jimmy didn't have him shot, like he "allegedly" did to Pac. Who knows what's true, but cats need to be men, not video game characters, really though.

  • http://www.ButtFuckerTrucker.com Buttfucker Trucker

    @Tony
    the lawsuit is mainly against The New York Daily News.. they shoulda been sued and forced to break bread YEARS ago from the Larry Davis case to the Central Park Jogger to The Bernard Goetz case to the Useff Hawkins case to.. shit..
    where do I end???

  • sirtheboss

    haha. whatta joke. so the New York Daily News, LA Times, and whatever other news sources are "fabricating" transcripts/official court documentation now? The sad part is that he is asking for these folks to put him on blast by sueing them. NEWSFLASH: if you are out there snitchin on folks then don't be surprised when the paperwork list you/your code name/prisoner number/ etc. as an informant. The judicial system never was and never will be designed to protect you.

  • http://thetonygrands.wordpress.com @THe_ToNY_GRaNDS™

    @Buttfucker Trucker

    I can dig it.

  • Ruler Don

    I agree with Galvanize. 2Pac had a lot of encoded info for us to get when he made his music. sad part is, most of Tupac's core fanbase which was prolly only 50,000 real niggaz anyway, and then 50 million after his death are just dickriders and didn't know how insightful that nigga 2Pac was. I still believe he was assasinated in cold blood and Jimmy bout had his hands in that too. same with Biggie I bet. why no suspects yet? somebody is holding they tongue and I bet my house it's the same niggaz floating around the industry today. niggaz like Suge, Diddy, Jimmy, Jay Z, etc. these niggaz know damn well who killed Pac and Biggie.

  • Ruler Don

    hey Buttfuck Trucker, if the nigga Jimmy is an informant it's not hard to tell because snitches ALWAYS try to sue somebody after their names come up dirty. DEAD GIVEAWAY.

  • http://www.water.com Black Kiyak Nigga

    @Ruler Don
    you think and talk like a dime-a-dozen
    stereotypical ghetto negro in a box unconcious that aint never been no where
    and aint never had nothin!
    sue is what BUSINESS MEN do..
    its BUSINESS!!!
    lmao lemme guess.. you'd go bust up in the offices of the New York Daily News
    wit the "glock" like Pac huh?
    fuckouttahere wit that munkee shit!!!
    if you aint never had to sue a mufucka.. then you aint got no money!!!!
    all yall robots idol 2Pac sued a few mufuckaz.. maybe thats 1 of the reasons they made spagetti out dat nigga too..

  • http://jimmyhenchmanfiles$100millionlawsuitagainstwriter&newyorydailytimes supercandybrown

    It's easy to call someone a snitch - the question is can you really authenicate that shit. Snitches like playin this game called the Chubby Checkers twist. They orchestrate it for you to look like the snitch and it gets deeper then that on the Chubby Checkers Twist. Snitches stay altering "paperwork"in the "Hoods" but we can't afford those Top Flight Attorneys to show us who really violated those rules. There ought to be some laws that govern the acts of informants. They get very crafty at creating and executing ghetto cases of entrapment and passing it on to someone they was mad at. Snitches ain't lookin for homies or friends - they're lookin for someone to send to the graveyard or the pen. That's how they get paid in the end.

  • http://jimmyhenchmanfiles$100millionlawsuitagainstwriter&newyorydailytimes supercandybrown

    If there is anyone looking at this web-site and if you have lost someone to the graveyard or the pen by way of the orchestrated acts of a Federal Professional Operative also known CRI's, CI's, snithes and rats and they all move around like first cousins in fact. Look up You-tube videos search supercandybrown. This piece is entitled "INFO". You see gangs did not kill my "SON" "SNITCHES DID". I'm writing a new piece. If you SNITCH on a SNITCH does that make you a SNITCH? Ain't that a BITCH. Sell them back to the folks they lied on for a penny a piece. Then place them on Wiki-Leaks expose them to the streets and hope that they self-defeat.

  • http://jimmyhenchmanfiles100millionlawsuit supercandybrown

    Whoever Jimmy Henchman's former attorney was he must have been a dump truck. Proffer Attorneys are a true manifestation of the fact that they are not True Trial Attorneys. Proffer attorneys are quick to try and cut a deal because he knows he cannot handle the litigation of trial proceeding. In other words they can't handle the wars of litigation.

  • http://jimmyhenchmanfiles100millionlawsuit supercandybrown

    Attorney William Knustler, out of New York, Atorney Johnnie Cochran, out of Los Angeles Ca; and Attorney Douglas W. Thomson out of St. Paul Mn. May they all rest in God's Peace as they all presently reside in Court Heaven. None of these attorneys were considered proffer attorneys. They did not have a history of taking their clients to proffer hearings. They went to evidence hearings, preliminary hearings and trial hearing. They did not go to law school to cut deals. They went to law school to ligitate wars in the court room. Just because you have a license to practice; doesn't always mean that you are excellent at your skill or craft.

  • http://jimmyhenchmanfiles100millionlawsuit supercandybrown

    If Mr. Henchman took part in a proffer hearing. Those are usually supported by tape recordings. Where are the tapes. As a result of this alleged proffer hearing was an an indictment rendered,were there charges of conspiracy,were peopled convicted,was anyone charged with a CCE = Continuing Criminal Enterprize. Put Sworn Affidavit on internet providing what corrobating evidence Mr. Henchman provided and on who. Court hearings are public hearings. Was there any court hearings and names of alleged Defendants. These documents will eliminate he said, she said.

  • http://jimmyhenchmanfiles100millionlawsuit supercandybrown

    Remember you-tube videos supercandybrown. We need to have a million man march on snitches. They are a major violation to the Bibery Statute. They run around the neighborhood as if they're name was Black J. Ager Hoover. Trying to control a whole neighborhood selling their famous tickets of intimidation. They don't clean up crime. They create and execute crime to crack. They violate all the laws. Need reality show on Federal Professional Operatives.

  • http://jimmyhenchmanballerstatus supercandybrown

    In reading all the things on Mr.Henchman on the internet. I noticed someone is working extra hard to make Mr. Henchman an informant. They trying so hard, to hard, makes me wonder is this just an invention plan. All you have to do put the correct legal documents or tapes on the internet and there will be nothing to debate. It will be authenic. Nothing more to be discussed.

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