In the 1960s, a gang of variously disaffected youth sprang up in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand.
They didn’t ride bikes, but they quickly developed all the trimmings of an outlaw motorcycle club: patches, club colors, and a fiercely violent process of initiation. They came to be known as the Mighty Mongrel Mob and today they’re the largest gang in the country, with around 30 chapters across both islands. Media access to the Mob is rare, which is why this photo series by Jono Rotman is kind of a big deal.
Jono, who is a Wellington born photographer now living in NYC, cut his teeth capturing New Zealand’s prisons and psychiatric wards, before he took on gang life in 2007.
NY DAILY NEWS — A screen shot from the sex tape of Lastonia Leviston that 50 Cent is accused of distributing illegally. Jurors in the lawsuit against 50 Cent watched the video during court proceedings. Photo: This is 50/Straight From the A
A Manhattan jury sat stone faced but clearly uncomfortable Friday when forced to watch a graphic 13-minute sex tape that 50 Cent is accused of posting on the Internet.
“That’s your b—h, n—-,” Curtis (50 Cent) Jackson says in a voice overlay as he narrated the private film that features rival Rick Ross’ former girlfriend, Lastonia Leviston, and her then-boyfriend Maurice Murray.
Leviston has sued Jackson in Manhattan Supreme Court claiming she did not give him permission to publish the tape and he violated her right to privacy and inflicted emotional harm as a result.
Leviston, 36, left the large paneled courtroom with her aunt as the tape was about to be shown.
In the film, Leviston starts wearing lace panties, a silk short wrap and very high heels. Murray is in a T-shirt and short white socks.
While the rest of their clothes come off, the couple never loses their footware.
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The Queens-born rapper appears on the tape in his role as “Pimpin’ Curly” in a curly wig and a high-pitched voice. However, Jackson narrates the film in such detail like a baseball broadcaster and so fast that he added a text subtitles so viewers could clearly catch all the times he taunted Ross.
Leviston and Ross broke up in 2004. The tape was made in 2008. But Jackson’s narrative suggests they’re still a couple when the tape was made and Leviston is cheating on Ross.
“Tia (the mother of another Ross baby) told me Ricky got a little d–k,” Pimpin’ Curly cackles.
Throughout the 13-minute film, the young jury forewoman mostly kept her head buried in her notes as she scribbled furiously.
A middle aged juror mostly looked distressed and wiped her eye at one point. The sixth juror sat with her arms crossed and her body pivoted away from the big screen.
The jury is composed of four women and two men, the latter a retired supervisor from the city Human Resources Administration and a college professor who teaches art.
Leviston who lives in Florida is due to take the stand next week. It’s unclear when Jackson will testify.
Apperson claims he fired in self-defense when Zimmerman pointed his own gun at the man and said, “I’m going to kill you.” Zimmerman, however, said this never happened, and while he was in possession of a concealed handgun in his own vehicle, he never brandished it.
Zimmerman suffered only minor injuries from flying glass, although initial reports stated he had been shot in the face.
Apparently the two men have had an ongoing dispute with one another, and Michelle Hernandez with the Lake Mary Police Department indicated that “Apperson has a fixation on Zimmerman.”
In addition to attempted murder, Apperson also faces charges for aggravated assault with a firearm and shooting into an occupied vehicle. If convicted, Apperson, who pleaded not guilty, must serve a minimum-mandatory sentence of 20 years in prison.
In the 1960s, a gang of variously disaffected youth sprang up in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand.
They came to be known as the Mighty Mongrel Mob and today they’re the largest gang in the country, with around 30 chapters across both islands.
Media access to the Mob is rare, which is why this photo series by Jono Rotman is kind of a big deal.
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