{"id":146501,"date":"2026-03-19T13:34:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T21:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/03\/19\/lemon-pound-cake-loving-property-destroying-officers-walk-away-from-afroman-defamation-trial-with-nothing\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T13:34:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T21:34:18","slug":"lemon-pound-cake-loving-property-destroying-officers-walk-away-from-afroman-defamation-trial-with-nothing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/03\/19\/lemon-pound-cake-loving-property-destroying-officers-walk-away-from-afroman-defamation-trial-with-nothing\/","title":{"rendered":"Lemon Pound Cake Loving Property Destroying Officers Walk Away From Afroman Defamation Trial With Nothing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some cases go to trial on a foundation of strong evidence. The Ohio police\u2019s defamation suit against Afroman was not<\/em> one of those cases. The case was dumb from the start; a bunch of eggshell ego-ed officers on a raid for drugs and human trafficking victims ransacked a rappers home. I mean that literally \u2014 their property damage includes breaking down doors, breaking the gate to his home, and stealing several thousand dollars in cash. All of this was caught on Afroman\u2019s home cameras before one of the officers cut the line to his home safety system. <\/p>\n

The goofy rapper responded in the way you should expect: goofy rapping. Using the footage he obtained from the botched raid, Afroman make joyful ear worms about an officer looking very hard at a slice of lemon pound cake, along with Venmo requests to cover the property damage.<\/p>\n

Oh. He also called one of the officers a lesbian and another officer a son of a bitch:<\/p>\n

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Not the kindest words to hear, but nowhere near as bad as guns being drawn on you and your children in your own home for no good reason. <\/p>\n

Three years of legal back and forth culminated in a trial where the officers asked the jury to make Afroman pay out ~$4M to cover the cost of their hurt feefees. And thank God \u2014 the jury didn\u2019t give them a damned thing. <\/p>\n

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Afroman trolled his local PD for a year & then beat them in court \u270a\ud83c\udffe https:\/\/t.co\/dB3DZmNjUI<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Down South GA Girl \ud83c\udf51 (@peachnamedgizmo) March 18, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

While Afroman displayed heroic levels of restraint in the courtroom, he started celebrating as soon as he stepped outside. AP News<\/a> has coverage:<\/p>\n

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The Grammy-nominated rapper Afroman won a defamation lawsuit filed by seven Ohio sheriff\u2019s deputies who sued him over music videos in which he used home security footage to mock their raid of his home.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe did it, America! Yeah, we did it! Freedom of speech! Right on! Right on!\u201d the 51-year-old rapper, born Joseph Foreman, shouted outside the courthouse after the Wednesday evening verdict. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Here are the sounds of victory:<\/p>\n

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NEW: Singer Afroman celebrates his big win in court with a crowd of people chanting “USA USA USA.”<\/p>\n

“WE DID IT AMERICA! GOD BLESS AMERICA LAND THAT I LOVE !!! FREEDOM OF SPEECH!!!!!!!!!!!” he shared on Instagram.<\/p>\n

The jury ruled in favor of Afroman on all counts and that he would\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/Ui3smwjbPD<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/KlMlt2n9oh<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) March 19, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

And while the biggest win is for freedom of speech, the second biggest win has to be for comedy:<\/p>\n

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Having a cop testify under oath that he isn\u2019t sure if his wife is fucking Afroman is a level of fucking with the police previously unknown. https:\/\/t.co\/8WM6kbHfSv<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Kristi Yamaguccimane (@TheWapplehouse) March 18, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

An officer bumbling through answering if Afroman had sex with his wife takes the cake, but the actual cake-centered questioning isn\u2019t too far behind:<\/p>\n

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A retired deputy suing Afroman for defamation testified he doesn\u2019t know why the rapper nicknamed him \u201cOfficer Pound Cake,\u201d so Afroman\u2019s lawyer played the \u201cLemon Pound Cake\u201d video.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou would admit that\u2019s you with the glasses walking by the lemon pound cake on the counter?\u201d pic.twitter.com\/dj9RL8leHW<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Meghann Cuniff (@meghanncuniff) March 18, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Once you look past the obvious mockery that wasn\u2019t supposed to be mistaken for statements of fact because rap lyrics should not be taken as serious evidence, you have to respect how much of Afroman\u2019s insults appear to be true:<\/p>\n

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For those not following this, and to highlight this point, one of the former officers who sued @ogafroman<\/a> did so, in part, because Afroman said he had a “receding hairline”. <\/p>\n

This is the guy. https:\/\/t.co\/ZNXYWa5c25<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/NXLcOMHamK<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Ranting Monkey (@Ranting_Monkey) March 19, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Happy for you, Afroman! Hopefully all of the publicity from these dumbasses will bump up the viewer count of your music videos mocking them. Gotta pay for that property damage somehow! And if any of you fans take it upon yourselves to make fun of the department, make sure you direct it to the right one: <\/p>\n

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The Adams County Sheriff’s Office has received a flood of social media comments, DMs, and phone calls about the #Afroman<\/a> defamation trial. It\u2019s clear this is important to a lot of people. There’s just one small issue: that’s the ACSO in Ohio. We are the ACSO in #Colorado<\/a>.\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/MJWtu96YbR<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Adams County Sheriff’s Office (Colorado) (@AdamsCoSheriff) March 18, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

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Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord\u2122 in the Facebook group\u00a0Law School Memes for Edgy T14s . \u00a0He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boat builder who is learning to swim and is interested in rhetoric, Spinozists and humor. Getting back in to cycling wouldn\u2019t hurt either. You can reach him by email at\u00a0cwilliams@abovethelaw.com <\/a>and by tweet at\u00a0@WritesForRent<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The post Lemon Pound Cake Loving Property Destroying Officers Walk Away From Afroman Defamation Trial With Nothing<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Some cases go to trial on a foundation of strong evidence. The Ohio police\u2019s defamation suit against Afroman was not<\/em> one of those cases. The case was dumb from the start; a bunch of eggshell ego-ed officers on a raid for drugs and human trafficking victims ransacked a rappers home. I mean that literally \u2014 their property damage includes breaking down doors, breaking the gate to his home, and stealing several thousand dollars in cash. All of this was caught on Afroman\u2019s home cameras before one of the officers cut the line to his home safety system. <\/p>\n

The goofy rapper responded in the way you should expect: goofy rapping. Using the footage he obtained from the botched raid, Afroman make joyful ear worms about an officer looking very hard at a slice of lemon pound cake, along with Venmo requests to cover the property damage.<\/p>\n

Oh. He also called one of the officers a lesbian and another officer a son of a bitch:<\/p>\n

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Not the kindest words to hear, but nowhere near as bad as guns being drawn on you and your children in your own home for no good reason. <\/p>\n

Three years of legal back and forth culminated in a trial where the officers asked the jury to make Afroman pay out ~$4M to cover the cost of their hurt feefees. And thank God \u2014 the jury didn\u2019t give them a damned thing. <\/p>\n

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Afroman trolled his local PD for a year & then beat them in court \u270a\ud83c\udffe https:\/\/t.co\/dB3DZmNjUI<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Down South GA Girl \ud83c\udf51 (@peachnamedgizmo) March 18, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

While Afroman displayed heroic levels of restraint in the courtroom, he started celebrating as soon as he stepped outside. AP News<\/a> has coverage:<\/p>\n

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The Grammy-nominated rapper Afroman won a defamation lawsuit filed by seven Ohio sheriff\u2019s deputies who sued him over music videos in which he used home security footage to mock their raid of his home.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe did it, America! Yeah, we did it! Freedom of speech! Right on! Right on!\u201d the 51-year-old rapper, born Joseph Foreman, shouted outside the courthouse after the Wednesday evening verdict. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Here are the sounds of victory:<\/p>\n

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NEW: Singer Afroman celebrates his big win in court with a crowd of people chanting “USA USA USA.”<\/p>\n

“WE DID IT AMERICA! GOD BLESS AMERICA LAND THAT I LOVE !!! FREEDOM OF SPEECH!!!!!!!!!!!” he shared on Instagram.<\/p>\n

The jury ruled in favor of Afroman on all counts and that he would\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/Ui3smwjbPD<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/KlMlt2n9oh<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) March 19, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

And while the biggest win is for freedom of speech, the second biggest win has to be for comedy:<\/p>\n

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Having a cop testify under oath that he isn\u2019t sure if his wife is fucking Afroman is a level of fucking with the police previously unknown. https:\/\/t.co\/8WM6kbHfSv<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Kristi Yamaguccimane (@TheWapplehouse) March 18, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

An officer bumbling through answering if Afroman had sex with his wife takes the cake, but the actual cake-centered questioning isn\u2019t too far behind:<\/p>\n

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A retired deputy suing Afroman for defamation testified he doesn\u2019t know why the rapper nicknamed him \u201cOfficer Pound Cake,\u201d so Afroman\u2019s lawyer played the \u201cLemon Pound Cake\u201d video.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou would admit that\u2019s you with the glasses walking by the lemon pound cake on the counter?\u201d pic.twitter.com\/dj9RL8leHW<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Meghann Cuniff (@meghanncuniff) March 18, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Once you look past the obvious mockery that wasn\u2019t supposed to be mistaken for statements of fact because rap lyrics should not be taken as serious evidence, you have to respect how much of Afroman\u2019s insults appear to be true:<\/p>\n

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For those not following this, and to highlight this point, one of the former officers who sued @ogafroman<\/a> did so, in part, because Afroman said he had a “receding hairline”. <\/p>\n

This is the guy. https:\/\/t.co\/ZNXYWa5c25<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/NXLcOMHamK<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Ranting Monkey (@Ranting_Monkey) March 19, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Happy for you, Afroman! Hopefully all of the publicity from these dumbasses will bump up the viewer count of your music videos mocking them. Gotta pay for that property damage somehow! And if any of you fans take it upon yourselves to make fun of the department, make sure you direct it to the right one: <\/p>\n

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The Adams County Sheriff’s Office has received a flood of social media comments, DMs, and phone calls about the #Afroman<\/a> defamation trial. It\u2019s clear this is important to a lot of people. There’s just one small issue: that’s the ACSO in Ohio. We are the ACSO in #Colorado<\/a>.\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/MJWtu96YbR<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Adams County Sheriff’s Office (Colorado) (@AdamsCoSheriff) March 18, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

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Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord\u2122 in the Facebook group\u00a0Law School Memes for Edgy T14s . \u00a0He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boat builder who is learning to swim and is interested in rhetoric, Spinozists and humor. Getting back in to cycling wouldn\u2019t hurt either. You can reach him by email at\u00a0cwilliams@abovethelaw.com <\/a>and by tweet at\u00a0@WritesForRent<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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