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Mar, 6 2014 | Written by ATLien
It’s only been about three years since Da Brat (aka Shawntae Harris) was released from prison after serving 21 months for a nightclub assault and it’s been less than a week since the Atlanta-based rapper was ordered to pay Shayla Stevens, the victim in the incident, $6.4 Million dollars in a civil suit.

Shayla Stevens BEFORE Bottle Assault

[READ: DaBrat Ordered to Pay $6.4 Million Judgment Re: 2007 Bottle Attack… ]

According to court documents, Da Brat’s role in the bottle-wielding incident caused permanent facial scarring, neurological impairment, and severe mental pain to Stevens, a waitress & former NFL cheerleader.

Brat recently made a video addressing the judgment and she seems to be taking her multi-million dollar debt in stride, stating:

Like I said in court, I definitely shouldn’t have done what I did and the girl deserved some compensation, but $6.4m? Hell no. I don’t know where anybody gonna get that from. You can’t squeeze water from a turnip.”

It is what it is. When I start getting it, they’ll get some. They gotta wait in line like everyone else…

Watch Da Brat’s recent webisode, entitled ‘Chronicles of a $6.4 Million Dollar Woman’ below…

Da Brat noted that her reaction video was shot exactly three years after her release from prison (which was February 28, 2011).

In the video above, Da Brat, along with Dennis Byron of Hip Hop Enquirer, sat down for a quick skype with TMZ, where she shared her thoughts on the verdict and the exorbitant judgement amount.

A Fulton County jury determined that Da Brat was responsible for causing Stevens’ permanent physical damage and neurological impairment and they awarded Stevens $3.7 million to cover her injuries and past/future loss of earnings.

As an added punishment, Da Brat was ordered to also pay 2.7 MILLION in punitive damages… as if 3 years of prison wasn’t ‘punishment’ enough.

Whatever the case, Da Brat says you can’t get blood from a turnip, and I assume she’s correct.

What do you think of Da Brat’s response to the $6.7 judgement?
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- PlainJane
  
  Dang she wrote a song about it already? I’m impressed Brat. Now if you could sell the single to 6million people, you’ll be good.
  
  ISAIDIT!
  
  Dang Brat,really? Didnt Brat make that song "I kissed a girl"??
  
  Loving This Site
  
  That was Katy Perry
  
  Notjustpysical
  
  Haa I know right but come on how is it she turned herself in and admitted and even agreed to compensation then they lock her up for 3 THREE years (when she as really making money) then gonna have the nerve to ask for 6.4 mill. though, shoot it looks like she should’ve just ran and moved to Mexico or the Philippines or something wit the verdict they gave her, imagine if she pleaded not guilty. Many people do worst and crazier stuff then that an get off better. Brandy killed someone in an accident and shes out living life up oj got off haha But yea Im just saying how are you gonna Fire someone pretty much, then sue um for not a few thousand but mills. if shes recovered enough to get on the stand and "remember" and shes fine enough to spend that money then shes fine enough to still be working. That’s like yall saying oh someone else is going to care for her yea right scar barely visible now it didn’t go all Into her skull just bashed nd cheek scraps, people get in bar fights all the time nd don’t get compensated no 6 mill, they screwed Da brat nd the worst part is YUP YUP cause shes black. MAN I NEED TO GET INTO A FIGHT WITH A RAPPER AT A BAR IG $$ but really with an "AVERAGE" lifestyle she wont need 6 mill to last her the rest of her life but if shes trying to be a "Baller" that is 6mill statues so dignity or trauma if you were in Da brats shoes youd feel like her nd take it a day at a time cause you have to remember she just got out no label or money shoot her life was just starting up again and now she has to pay hella on someone elses lifestyle WHAT???
- Simone
  
  The young lady deserves EVERY BIT of the the money the jury awarded her! She was an innocent victim of a brutal attack. DaBrat’s ego, ignorance, self-righteousness and drunkenness then and possibly now placed her in this position. This young lady had dreams of becoming an actress and all around entertainer just like DaBrat! PTS is REAL! Go on tour, act, make new music do something but pay that women her money!
  
  No Ma’am
  
  Hello! I can’t believe people on the last post kept saying her rewarded amount was "excessive" knowing damn well they wouldn’t be saying that if that was them that got bust cross the head. Smh
  
  Love
  
  I agree, if I had my face smashed with a bottle and had permanent scars and neurological damage I’d try to get all I could.
  
  All the naysayers would too, I wouldn’t care if she went to prison, I want to
  benefit in someway, make my life easier since my dreams have been snatched b/c of Brat’s ratchet behavior.
- Tameisha Chantelle
  
  my mother said it best “hit´em where it hurts the most the pockets”. Sometimes you gotta be the bigger person and just walk away.
- Frankie West
  
  Thats what u get when u smash a bottle over someone´s head!
- Gwendolyn Gwendella Johnson
  
  One angry moment and choice can cause a lifetime of pain. It´s important to think before you act.
- Princess Phyllis
  
  Think first react second.
- Labien Latimore Nance
  
  WELL SHE KNOWS HOW OJ FEELS…
- Summer´s Page
  
  Oop. Good luck with that Brat. Quick question: y does Brat still dress like it´s 1995?
  
  Seriously
  
  Maybe 1995 was a good year for her.
- cns
  
  Damaged Beyond Repair.
- Ri Rob
  
  She doesn´t have that $$ so baby girl gon have to pay them legal bills n that sux
- Shawn Owens
  
  I don´t feel sorry for the Da Brat. I watched the video of the victim the other day when she was in court. Its very clear that the lady has permanent brain damage for what she did. She better start working because I guarantee her album sales will be nothing like they were when she first came out. And stop dressing like you still in junior h.s., she looks ridiculous! The name fits her well because that´s exactly how she is acting…like a drat! The victim deserves every cent!
- Lara Triplett Carlton
  
  Being that she can´t update her t-shirt wardrobe….it may be uncollectable. But regardless, she gonna have that Judgment against her, so whatever money she does make, the victim will see it before she does.
- Jeff Williams
  
  Wow…corporations get away small fines foe doing all kind of shit. 6.4 is excessive. ..courts don´t like rappers period.
- lockstress
  
  She deserves all that and those sneakers you rocking.
  You don’t go around trying to act like a dude cracking bottles upside peoples heads. Its called repercussion dumb azz. In other words…she’s gonna take EVERYTHING you own.
- ME
  
  WOW – Damn, she already has served 3 years for the assault. Maybe the woman deserves some cash, but I DO NOT think DaBrat should go for broke trying to pay this woman off.
  
  JRP
  
  She’s brain damaged. How would you like to wake up every day with enough sense to be aware of how you used to be, your hopes & dreams, but can’t do any of it or support yourself? Can’t live alone?
  Who’s going to pay for people to take care of her the rest of her life?
  
  If it was just cosmetic damage that would be bad, causing her to give up all her career dreams. Now she has no dream of ANY career. Da Brat better find some money to pay so that this lady can at least live in dignity.
  
  MotherEarth Melchizedek
  
  Amen.
- Sweetfusionay Triggs
  
  She can get it from LRaye and JD
- Angela L. Williams
  
  6.4 million is ridiculous thats way too much the judge should be ashame for even putting a fine that damn high cause I guarantee if the person had a 9-5 the judge wouldn´t make them pay 6.4 million GTFOH
  
  Riann
  
  No !!!! You GTFOOH……She deserves even more and Ms. Da Brat should still be locked up !
- Kim Wesley
  
  I used to have a big crush on her. NOW, I DON´T! Didnt know she was a monster!
- Brielle Winter
  
  Brat wish she had $6.4 million in her bank account!
- Msking30
  
  When and If this young lady get this money, she is going to pay for plastic surgery and implants and whatever else all that money can buy. Dbrat need to pay up.
  So what happens if she dont? Dbat wont be able to rent from Rent-a-Center, or any other place. She wont be able to lease a car. Nothing.This will forever be on her credit. FOREVER.
  
  JRP
  
  Da Brat deserves it. I seriously doubt a BRAIN DAMAGED young woman is getting implants, but Hell if she wants them go for it, gotta have something to make you happy if you can’t live independently anymore.
- Hot Caddy Girl
  
  THUG!
- uguess
  
  Only blacks in America get that kind of rude wake up call. Not my face and not my life. We dream of making 1 million. That right there is some put her in the dirt ish. I hope Dabrat finds a solution to bad they could not have settled prior to this judgment. You spit fire time to do some features.
- nicole
  
  had Da Brat done this to a Snoop from (The Wire)kinda chick ,shed got probation, but because it was done to an all American, apple pie, cheerleader, they want Millions? FOH
- Keith Nixon
  
  I don´t think she has that kind of money
- LaSaundra Jones
  
  Some monetary financial restitution is in order but come on now…….
- Felisha Crooks-Sweet
  
  Her thug azz need to pay up or get it from big sister LisaRay. Just learn to stop behaving like animals. I feel sorry for that young lady having to wake up everyday to a scar on her face that will never go away
  
  PrettyRed59
  
  DBrat is Lisa Ray’s little sister (the one who likes to wear white)? Wow, didn’t know that! Yep, git to callin’
  
  Lmao!
  
  Child LisaRay broke ass barely has 600 in her account, she is still trying to get money off het gay ex husband in the islands, who is also broke.
  
  Lmao!
  
  *her
  
  sasamina
  
  Even with that wack ass show Single Ladies, Lisa Raye can’t afford no damn $6 million, so please stop saying "she can get it from Lisa Raye" and JD has all kinds of legal issues going on, so I don’t think she can knock on his door anytime soon, either.
- PrettyRed59
  
  Yep, pay up! She will need every penny for the up and coming surgeries, continued pain, facial damage control and all that goes with someone wrecking you source of employment for life. If nerve damage is there I hope she does not have keloid skin which will automatically form serious scars. Yep, DBrat was grown enough to act like a hoodrat in the bar-room brawl so her actions have created serious results/consequences.
  
  JRP
  
  Um let’s not forget the brain damage. It’s not just "cosmetic". The brain was not meant to be clocked with a rum bottle.
- Greer Siscoe-Hayes
  
  Well just because she doesn´t have or show material possessions doesn´t mean she doesn´t have wealth. Second , the victim deserves the money she won. To whom much is given, much is required. Da Brat should´ve made a better choice and walked away as she was the one with the most to lose financially.
- QueenBlawgtea
  
  Okay, Da Brat is remorseful and has been paid for her brutal assault.
  
  I agree that 6.4 million is excessive.
  
  Stay away from bottles, Brat.
- kimberly spain
  
  I still feel the judgement was excessive. Seems like they dhould put dome of the blame on this victim for putting herself in a position to get popped. 25% reduction and make her get routine updates on this so called disfigured Face injury. That dvar will decrease in size over a few years which seems to be getting close. The idea of a cluck upside her head was done with such force she is entitled to this cray cray judgement. Was the judge sucked off or something. 2 million and kerp it moving. Was the future breakdown put in writing?
- AJ
  
  Brat’s net worth is no where near this amount!!! Her lawyer’s will advise her to file banruptcy!!
- Abdul Latif Salaam
  
  Everyone can say what they want but what would you have done, do you think that you would have done something different, I don´t think so simply because we really don´t know what really took place, maybe this woman needed to have her shit busted or maybe not how can we pass any type of verdict on how we feel. If she has the money to pay or not its her concern but again what would you do right now if something jumped off, you can´t react and think that fast unless you are into heavy martial arts
  
  Peaches
  
  Oh please .. her as tryin to be a wannan be hard as dyke…and that was not the first incident she was involved in for an assualt…. and plus she sucker punch the girl from the back with a bottle… really da brat that was a punk as coward move…. and since she got all her bytches on deck why don’t she get it from them… she can pimp they as till she get it… cause her as can go back to jail if she don’t pay it a certain amount of time… stick a fork in her cause her coward as is done… tryin to be hard and gone steal on real woman from the back with a bottle…bytch must can’t fight…
- Aaron Knight
  
  She has no career anymore & probably no real income anyway.
- Aaron Knight
  
  Labien Latimore Nance are you freaking serious? Cold blooded murder vs hitting someone in the face with a bottle. He´s evil. She´s just dumb.
- Harry Hippe
  
  That short bus azz DumBrat is pitiful… She was in Hollywood once and had a group of Producers laughing at how stupid she acts…
- Peaches
  
  Since that bytch got all her bythes on deck why don’t she get it from thm e… she wolfing like her as is pimping and if she don’t hurry up and pay it her as can go back to jail… news flash.. I am from Chi-town and her and Lisa Raye are not sisters…. Da Brat was raised with her mom and grandmother in the same house and sometimes with her father and his mother in their house so they need to stop that lying…Lisa Raye has two other real half sisters and a brother here in Chicago and they share the same father, who was murdered sometime back and his name was David Ray McCoy …he was a well known millionaire who own businesses and some property in Chicago and he was paralyzed in a shooting accident sometime ago also…..do the research and u will find out that all of this is true…they lying as….
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