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Ashanti
testified during the four-day trial that Parker did
not live up to the terms of their deal as he helped
her create music in a home studio that was so crude
she sang in the bathroom.
Parker,
now of Ellenwood, Ga., said after the verdict that he
wished the singer and her mother well and had nothing
bad to say about them "though they had plenty of
negative things to say about me."
Ashanti
lawyer Harry Stokes said the singer was disappointed
and the verdict would be appealed.
"We
think the jury got confused somewhat, particularly on
the damages," he said. "We feel confident
when this is said and done we won't have to pay out
anything."
Parker
lawyer Jasmine Khalili called the jury award a "huge
victory," even though it fell well short of the
$2.2 million one expert testified Parker might be owed.
"They
never acknowledged what he had done," she said.
"It takes a jury to get a thank you."
Ashanti,
whose full name is Ashanti Douglas, lived on Long Island
when she went to Parker.
She eventually signed with a record company, and Parker
released her from his contract with the understanding
that he could produce two songs on her first album.
Ashanti,
now 24, has sold more than 6 million copies of two albums,
including "Ashanti," her debut, which garnered
a Grammy Award in 2003 for best contemporary R&B
album.
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