Hotel Employee Who Leaked Jay Z/Solange Video Fired, Rich

The Standard Hotel in New York City said Thursday morning it had tracked down and fired the employee who leaked video of Solange Knowles allegedly assaulting Jay Z in the hotel’s elevator last week.

The Standard said the employee had been terminated for “breaching the security polices of the hotel and recording the confidential CCTV video.” The hotel added that it planned to turn over “all available information to criminal authorities.”

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On the other hand, TMZ reportedly paid upwards of $250,000 for the video, so that employee is probably putting this one in the win column.

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