Former 'I Love New York 2' Contestant Wins $13 Million Settlement After Being Framed For Murder By Police

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PARK CITY, UT - JANUARY 26: Jamal Trulove attends the "The Last Black Man In San Francisco" Premiere during the 2019 Sundance Film Festival at Eccles Center Theatre on January 26, 2019 in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)

By Andrea Wurzburger

March 21, 2019 / 12:34 PM

What you are about to read is going to sound extremely insane.

Remember when Tiffany "New York" Pollard had two season's worth of men vying for her attention and affection on I Love New York? Well, it turns out that one of those contestants was framed for murder (because he was spotted during his one episode stint in the second season), sent to jail for six years, and just now was found to be framed for that murder.

That's right: Former I Love New York 2 contestant Jamal Trulove was awarded $13.1 million in a settlement after it was found that he was not guilty of murder.

Here's what happened: An eyewitness to the 2007 murder of Seu Kuka at the Sunnydale Housing Project in San Francisco, CA saw Trulove on I Love New York 2 and identified him as the killer. Trulove had to spend six years behind bars before a state appeals court overturned the conviction in 2014 on grounds of prosecutorial misconduct. Trulove was found innocent in his 2015 retrial.

When he got out of jail, Trulove sued the city of San Francisco, saying that police "manipulated an eyewitness." The jury agreed that investigators involved in the case "deliberately fabricated evidence." Now, he's walking away with $13.1 million dollars.

Trulove posted a photo on Instagram of him with "5 of the 12 jurors who came back with a not guilty verdict" and another of him with the "law team that believed me when I said I was innocent and got me back of that 50 to Life sentence."

But Trulove isn't just about collecting his check and moving on. The rapper often uses his social media platforms to advocate for criminal justice reform, especially as it pertains to those on death row who may be innocent of their crimes.

In a tweet posted after the news broke, Trulove said, "And trust me I’m not done with them by a long shot!! After what these cowards of the law did to me, I will lit my freedom ring through every platform I get to show what injustice really looks like. Me!"

Ironically enough, Trulove's rap name is 10 MilliMilli, which...he now has.