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Story summary
- Court ordered Jermaine Jackson (defendant) to pay Rita Butler Barrett (plaintiff) over $6.5 million in damages, costs and medical expenses.
- The judgment followed Jackson’s (defendant) failure to respond to a December 2023 lawsuit by Barrett (plaintiff) under California’s Sexual Abuse and Cover Up Accountability Act.
- The complaint alleges Jermaine Jackson (defendant) raped Rita Butler Barrett (plaintiff) at his Encino, California home in spring 1988, served by publishing notice in the Los Angeles Times.
