Fred Durst Settles $5 Million Battery Lawsuit

MTV News has more details on the $5 million lawsuit settlement reached by Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst and Connie Paulson, who sued the singer after he hit her in the face with a microphone as she was dismantling the lights after a December 3, 2000, performance in Birmingham, Alabama. According to Paulson’s lawsuit, Durst threw a microphone in a “fit of rage” and “with no provocation,” giving her a broken nose and two black eyes and costing her a front tooth. “It was an unfortunate accident,” Durst’s attorney Ed McPherson said, “and it’s been settled in the normal course of things as most cases are.” Read more.