A jury in Ohio cleared Joseph Foreman, aka Afroman, in a defamation lawsuit filed by seven police officers.
The cops claimed the rapper defamed them by releasing music videos that mocked them after a failed raid on his home.
The Ohio County Sheriff’s Department sued Afroman over songs and social media posts that criticized them for storming his home with guns drawn in 2022. The raid yielded no evidence and no charges.
Police eventually returned money seized in the raid on Afroman’s house.
Video footage shows Afroman emerging from the courthouse with his arms raised as supporters cheered on Wednesday.
Afroman said the battle was bigger than him; it was about free speech and corruption within the sheriff’s department.
“I didn’t win, America won,” Afroman told ABC News affiliate WCPO9 on Wednesday. “America still has freedom of speech. It’s still for the people, by the people.”
The Music video that started everything (10 million videos) Police illegally raided Afro Man’s house, found nothing but destroyed it & stole his money. Using his security footage he made this MV then they sued and he counter sued https://t.co/TgQwSJXzdZ
— AP (@Champloo_Living) March 18, 2026
“All of this is their fault,” the rapper told the jury in open court. “If they hadn’t wrongly raided my house, there would be no lawsuit, I would not know their names… they wouldn’t be on my home surveillance system, and there would be no songs, nothing…”
On Monday, sheriff’s deputy Lisa Phillips broke down in tears while viewing a music video Afroman made titled “Licc’em Low Lisa.” The music video featured an actress portraying the officer chasing Afroman along a highway and simulating oral sex on another woman.
Afroman’s lawyer objected to playing the video in court, but the judge allowed it.
The plaintiff’s attorney also played Afroman’s 2022 music video “Why You Disconnecting My Video Camera,” where he raps “Lieutenant Licc’em Low Lisa ate my ex-wife just like pizza.”
The footage from Afroman’s home security shows Lieutenant Lisa Phillips walking through his house during the raid.
Afroman brought an Ohio police officer to tears during court testimony in a lawsuit filed by the Adams County Sheriff’s Office over his 2022 satirical music video.
As the video played in court, the officer became emotional after Afroman mocked her.
— No Jumper (@nojumper) March 18, 2026
