“WORD IS BOND” RYAN LESLIE MUST PAY $1MILLY TO MAN WHO FOUND STOLEN LAPTOP
R&B artist
Ryan Leslie is singing the blues now that he’s been ordered to dish out
$1million to a German man who returned his stolen laptop.
The decision came down from a New York judge on Wednesday, ending a two-year legal battle with the German man who brought it back to him. Leslie was desperate to find the computer and an external hard drive stolen from him in 2010, which he said contained several ‘in development’ tracks he was working
on.
He made a YouTube plea, urging anybody who finds the laptop to hand it in and receive a $1million reward.
But when German auto shop proprietor Armin Augstein turned up with the
laptop, Leslie reneged on the deal, after he couldn’t access the songs
on the hard drive.
Augstein took him to court, and Judge Harold Baer Jr. ruled that since Leslie returned the hard drive to the computer company
to have it wiped of its contents, the songs were likely there as
Armstein returned it. Augstein said: ‘I’m very happy… that the American
judicial system, which is so totally different from ours, functioned so
well with a jury that are not professionals and are laymen.’
Augstein added: ‘No one forced him to make an offer of so much money
for a finder’s fee. It seems like he believes that that which he
promised, he doesn’t have to live up to.’ Leslie accepted defeat in the
matter, evoking his own lyrics as he told his Twitter fans: ‘”Ain’t no
way to get around ups & downs.” Jury of my peers rules for the
plaintiff.’
As for Augstein, he told the Post that he is in no rush to spend his $1million award. He told the paper: ‘As we say here in Germany, we can only eat the chicken after it’s been plucked.’ Leslie, who learned piano at an early age, scored a perfect 1600 on his SATs and attended Harvard University, and graduated at just 19 years old before making it in the music business.
SOURCE: DM
Ryan Leslie is singing the blues now that he’s been ordered to dish out
$1million to a German man who returned his stolen laptop.
The decision came down from a New York judge on Wednesday, ending a two-year legal battle with the German man who brought it back to him. Leslie was desperate to find the computer and an external hard drive stolen from him in 2010, which he said contained several ‘in development’ tracks he was working
on. .
But when German auto shop proprietor Armin Augstein turned up with the
laptop, Leslie reneged on the deal, after he couldn’t access the songs
on the hard drive.Augstein took him to court, and Judge Harold Baer Jr. ruled that since Leslie returned the hard drive to the computer company
to have it wiped of its contents, the songs were likely there as
Armstein returned it. Augstein said: ‘I’m very happy… that the American
judicial system, which is so totally different from ours, functioned so
well with a jury that are not professionals and are laymen.’As for Augstein, he told the Post that he is in no rush to spend his $1million award. He told the paper: ‘As we say here in Germany, we can only eat the chicken after it’s been plucked.’ Leslie, who learned piano at an early age, scored a perfect 1600 on his SATs and attended Harvard University, and graduated at just 19 years old before making it in the music business
.SOURCE: DM
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