Rapper Ca$h Out should pay $40 million to a sex trafficking sufferer whereas serving life in jail for operating a prison enterprise.

Atlanta rapper Ca$h Out should pay $40 million to a sex trafficking sufferer after a federal choose issued a default judgment towards the imprisoned artist.

U.S. District Judge Thomas W. Thrash ordered Ca$h Out to pay the large sum in January 2026 to a plaintiff recognized solely as J.M. The judgment contains $10 million in compensatory damages and $30 million in punitive damages for alleged sex trafficking that occurred between 2013 and 2015.

The rapper failed to answer the civil lawsuit filed in 2022, leading to an computerized default judgment towards him. The sufferer claims Ca$h Out bodily abused her and compelled her to work as a prostitute after inviting her to remain at his Hapeville, Georgia dwelling.

According to court docket paperwork, the girl stated she was sexually assaulted lots of of occasions through the two-year interval. The civil case was related to Ca$h Out’s prison conviction on comparable fees that landed him a life sentence plus 70 years in jail.

A Fulton County jury found Ca$h Out guilty of rape, pimping and aggravated sodomy in July 2025 after prosecutors said he led a sex trafficking ring throughout metro Atlanta. The prison case revealed an organized operation that authorities charged underneath Georgia’s RICO statute, usually reserved for mob-related crimes.

Prosecutors argued the rap star ran the trafficking ring like a for-profit prison enterprise involving sex work and violence. More than 50 witnesses testified through the prison trial, with a number of girls saying Ca$h Out or his mom took cash they earned from performing sex acts.

Some victims described being raped or denied meals until they engaged in sexual acts for cash. Authorities introduced video proof from a prostitution sting to exhibit the structured nature of the operation Ca$h Out allegedly managed.

Ca$h Out was discovered responsible and sentenced to life in jail. He had been provided a 25-year plea settlement however selected to proceed to trial as a substitute. The court docket ordered Ca$h Out to register as a sex offender and keep away from contact with victims or their households.

His mom, Linda Smith, referred to as “Mama Ca$h Out,” was convicted of 1 trafficking cost and sentenced to 30 years in jail. A 3rd defendant, Tyrone Taylor, obtained life plus 70 years after being discovered responsible on all fees besides pimping, together with rape and aggravated sodomy.

During his prison sentencing, Ca$h Out thanked the judge and jury but maintained his innocence, stating that he had “done things” in his life but not the crimes for which he was accused.

The $40 million civil judgment represents one of many largest awards in a sex trafficking case involving a Hip-Hop artist, although amassing the cash could show tough given the rapper’s incarceration.

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