LEGAL FILE

Tabloid Gets the Rap: Rap star M. C. Hammer is suing a tabloid newspaper for $30 million in damages. The libel suit filed against the Globe last week in Alameda County Superior Court says that the paper knowingly published false information about Hammer and an alleged rape. A 23-year-old woman, who was an employee of Hammer’s production company, filed suit in May, 1990, claiming she was raped in a Los Angeles hotel room. The woman’s suit said that Hammer did not take part.