# @balleralert on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2025-11-14T18:19:22.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Baller Alert (@balleralert) — https://gondola.cc/balleralert

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Elleven45 Owners Ordered To Pay Over $66 Million After Fatal Buckhead Shooting⁠
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Blogged by: thinktank⁠
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The legal fallout from the deadly shooting inside Atlanta’s #Elleven45 Lounge has reached a breaking point. A Fulton County judge has ordered club owner Djibril Dafe and his businesses to pay about sixty six million dollars to the family of twenty one year old Mariam “Mari” Creighton, the Savannah State student athlete who was killed during a Mother’s Day shooting inside the club, according to 11 Alive. The amount is one of the largest judgments in Georgia history involving a nightlife venue.⁠
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According to the ruling, the court broke down the damages into roughly five point six million dollars for Mariam’s pain and suffering and about sixty point nine million dollars for wrongful death. The judge found that the club failed to protect its patrons even after a reported history of violence, complaints, and police calls. This finding lines up with earlier court decisions that labeled Elleven45 a public nuisance. City officials described the venue as a hot spot for repeated incidents and said the club did not follow safety protocols that could have prevented the tragedy.⁠
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The club had already been shut down months before this latest ruling. Atlanta BeltLine Inc. purchased the property for almost eleven million dollars as part of an effort to clean up the area and eliminate venues linked to repeated violence. The shutdown came after hearings where community members, police, and city officials testified about the unsafe conditions that plagued the space...to read the rest log on to BallerAlert.com (clickable link on profile)⁠

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