Following the shocking allegations that came out against American rapper T.I and his wife Tameka ‘Tiny’ Harris; the couple has vehemently denied that they drugged and sexually assaulted women. The Harris’ lawyer Steve Sadow has called the accusations a “shakedown.”
T.I uploaded a video to his Instagram denying the accusations again.
However, a lawyer, Tyrone A. Blackburn, has approached the authorities with an investigation on behalf of 11 people who said T.I, his wife, Tiny, or members of their entourage abused them.
Four women have accused the celebrity pair of drugging and sexually assaulting them; including two instances of rape that allegedly occurred in Georgia and California.
This is all according to the letters sent on February 19 by the lawyer to state and federal prosecutors in both states. Similar letters were sent to the attorneys general in those states.
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Blackburn, a New York-based lawyer, said that the “eerily similar” experiences spanned more than a decade, beginning in 2005; the most recent allegation of sexual abuse occurred in 2017 or 2018, he said.
None of the women involved knows one another. But each described “sexual abuse, forced ingestion of illegal narcotics, kidnapping, terroristic threats and false imprisonment”; at the behest of T.I., Tiny, and their associates or employees, Blackburn wrote. His letters also included instances of nonsexual intimidation, assault and harassment.
A lawyer for T.I. and Tiny Harris said that the couple “deny in the strongest possible terms these baseless and unjustified allegations.”
“We fully expect that if these claims are thoroughly and fairly investigated; no charges will be forthcoming,” the lawyer said in a statement on Friday. “These allegations are nothing more than the continuation of a sordid shakedown campaign that began on social media and now attempts to manipulate the press and misuse the justice system.”