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"&lt;img alt=\"0120_kanye_west_alleged_victom_fight_x17online\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2014/01/20/0120-kanye-west-alleged-victom-fight-x17online-3.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The 18-year-old who&lt;strong&gt; Kanye West&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2014/01/13/kanye-west-fight-n-word-n-lover-beverly-hills-chiropractor/\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;allegedly beat up last week&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in a chiropractor's waiting room has approached the rapper, asking for a ton of money to settle the case without criminal prosecution ... TMZ has learned.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sources connected with the 18-year-old tell us ... his lawyer called Kanye's people and expressed the desire to strike a civil settlement -- FOR A PRICE -- several hundred thousand dollars.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We're told the 18-year-old is adamant -- he does NOT want to go through a public trial.&amp;#160; As we reported ...&lt;strong&gt; Kim Kardashian&lt;/strong&gt; claims the young man&lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2014/01/14/kim-kardashian-kanye-west-n-word-attack-assault-criminal-charges-kill/\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt; was hurling racial epithets&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, calling her a \"n***er lover\" among other things.&amp;#160; We're also told he has not been responsive with the police since the incident.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As for the $$$ ... although eyewitnesses in the Beverly Hills chiropractor's office say Kanye &lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2014/01/15/kanye-west-attack-beverly-hills-kim-kardashian/\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;pummeled the guy&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; ... we're hearing he has no apparent injuries.&amp;#160; Nonetheless, avoiding a criminal trial has a price.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sources say both sides are currently in negotiations."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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