Update: 50 Cent Reacts To Fire, Looking Forward To Thorough Investigation
May 31,2008 00:00
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In light of the recent fire that engulfed 50 Cent's $1.4 million house, where his ex and son lived, a rep for the G-Unit Capo has issued a statement."Informed this morning while filming a new motion picture on location in Louisiana, Curtis Jackson expressed deep concern over this fire at his property," a rep told TMZ. "He is extremely thankful that everyone including his son, Marquise, escaped the burning house safely. He is confident that authorities will be conducting a thorough investigation of the incident and is eager to review their findings."
As previously reported, early this morning a raging fire gutted the Dix Hills home, causing 50 Cent's ex-girlfriend Shaniqua Tomkins and 10-year-old son Marquise to suffer smoke inhalation.
"She was all right," eyewitness Frank Hoyte, a Newsday employee said, "But she was angry."
Hoyte said Tompkins stood in her bathrobe barefoot outside the home while it burned. Two young boys, one of them Marquise, two teenage girls and "an older woman" were also standing with Tompkins.
According to Suffolk County Police and fire officials the fire was reported at 5 a.m. One of the first firefighters to arrive on the scene characterized the fire as suspicious based on how quickly the home was engulfed.
"The rapid movement of the fire. The volume of the fire . . . It was engulfed. The home was totally gutted," Dix Hills Fire Dept. Chief Larry Feld told Newsday of the scene. "I would say there is a strong -- a strong, strong -- possibility that it is suspicious."
The home, which is located at 2 Sandra Drive, has been part of a contentious court battle between 50 and Tompkins. After purchasing the home in January 2007 for a reported $1.4 million, 50 attempted to evict Tompkins last month. The Queens rapper was demanding that Tompkins leave or pay $4,500 a month in rent.
Tompkins responded by filing a lawsuit against Jackson in State Supreme Court in Manhattan, claiming "breach of contract" since she alleges 50 promised to put all or part of the house in her name.
In April a judge ruled Tomkins had the end of the school year to vacate the home.
An attorney for Tompkins declined to comment on this morning's fire.
In related news TMZ has obtained a video of a fracas that took place Monday afternoon between 50 and his baby mama. The fight, which got pretty heated, was triggered after both showed up for a deposition concerning their ongoing battle concerning 50's house.
During the deposition on Monday, someone in the G-Unit Capo's entourage trashed Tompkin's lawyer's office which led to a police report being filed. This reportedly resulted in the fight spilling out into the street.