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In August 2022, heavily armed sheriff's deputies in Adams County, Ohio, broke down the door at the rapper Afroman's home, searching for drugs on the word of a confidential informant. They found nothing, and no charges were filed. But Afroman used footage from his own security cameras and from his wife in a video for a song he wrote about the incident, 'Lemon Pound Cake'. Seven deputies are suing Afroman for defamation and invasion of privacy over the viral video, which shows one deputy apparently ogling a lemon pound cake made by Afroman's mother. The trial began after the 51-year-old rapper - whose real name is Joseph Foreman - released another set of music videos about the case, including one called 'Will You Help Me Repair My Door'. The deputies say Foreman subjected them to public scrutiny and death threats by featuring them in the videos and by using their images on T-shirts and social media posts. |