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Eminem is facing a lawsuit for allegedly punching a man at Detroit’s Eight Mile strip club approximately two years ago. According to the Detroit News, the complaint, which was filed just before the holiday weekend, details the event as follows:

1. Miad Jarbou, the plaintiff, claims his friend said the following as Eminem entered the men’s restroom: “Hey Eminem, what’s up man?”
2. Eminem’s bodyguard standing near the door told him to “Shut the (expletive) up, man! Don’t say another word.”
3. Jarbou then responded: “Hey, man, my friend ain’t starting trouble. It’s just cool to see Eminem.”
4. Eminem stepped back from a urinal and “without warning or provocation … drove his fist in a violent punching manner” into Jarbou’s face, knocking him to the ground.
5. Eminem and his bodyguard then left the men’s room.

The plaintiff is seeking at least $25,000 for “physical pain and suffering, emotional distress, ongoing serious injuries requiring medical treatment” and “embarrassment, humiliation, medical expenses, wage loss and other economic and non-economic” damages.

Popsquire’s Pop Quiz: Why can this guy wait two years after an incident to sue?

Nearly every tort and/or crime has a statute of limitations, meaning that a plaintiff has a certain amount of time after an incident to sue. In Michigan the statute of limitations for assault and battery cases is two years.

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