Lawyer Wants Sexual Assault Investigation into TI and His Wife Tiny

Lawyer Wants Sexual Assault Investigation into TI and His Wife Tiny

- A US lawyer wants authorities to investigate TI and Tiny after 11 women claimed that they were drugged or sexually assaulted by the celeb couple

- The lawyer has sent letters to different attorneys' offices across the US

- TI has "vehemently" denied all the accusations against him and his wife Tiny

PAY ATTENTION: Join Briefly News' Telegram channel! Never miss important updates!

A lawyer has called for an investigation into TI and his wife Tiny. Lawyer Tyrone A Blackburn wants authorities to start a probe into the popular US rapper and his wife after 11 women claimed that they were drugged or sexually assaulted by the celebrity couple.

Blackburn has reportedly sent a letter to the prosecution claiming that the musician and his bae committed a number of criminal offences, including "sexual abuse, forced ingestion of illegal narcotics, kidnapping, terroristic threats and false imprisonment".

Read also

Talented young SA lady draws Rasta and "fixes" one of his paintings

Blackburn said he sent letters to different attorneys' offices across America, including the US Attorneys for the Northern District of Georgia and the Central District of California, the Los Angeles County District Attorney and the state’s attorney general.

Complex reports that although Blackburn has received notices of delivery, no formal investigation has been launched yet.

TI took to social media a few weeks back and denied the allegations on behalf of himself and his wife. He posted a video on Instagram where he shared his side of the story. TI captioned the clip:

"No weapon formed against us shall prosper. We vehemently deny ALL these disgusting, anonymous allegations."

TI's peers in the entertainment industry and his fans took to his comment section to share their thoughts about the allegations. Check out some of the comments below:

scottyatl wrote:

"Well spoken."

missmarto said:

"The truth will prevail!!!"

Read also

The EFF's Julius Malema angrily tells local media company to voetsek

kawanprather commented:

"That’s right. Check the paperwork."

meekmill wrote:

"We with y’all."

charliemackfirstout said:

"This brotha right here is SOLID as a ROCK!!!!"

pnw_seattle_love commented:

"He’s right about one thing for sure, something has to be done about people being able to say whatever they want, true or false, and it tears down someone else’s entire life BEFORE ever being proven."

himynameisempress said:

"My thing is why are all of the accusers anonymous?"

_simplychante_ added:

"Time to close them bedroom doors and keep that marital bed tight. Not worth these problems."
Lawyer Wants Sexual Assault Investigation Against Ti and His Wife Tiny
A US lawyer wants a sexual assault investigation against TI and his wife Tiny. Image: @troubleman31
Source: Instagram

In other entertainment news, Briefly.co.za recently reported that Taraji P Henson has opened up about the salary she received for her role in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

The veteran US actress shared that she was "gutted" to take home $40 000 (just over R586 000) in the movie, which grossed over $335.8 million.

Read also

Cassper Nyovest calls on Ramaphosa to intervene in Wits shooting

The superstar earned an Oscar nomination for slaying her role as Queenie in the movie released in 2008. She revealed in a recent interview on the Ladies First With Laura Brown podcast that the studio wouldn't pay her what she was asking for and then "I was gutted".

She revealed that after paying her team, she was only left with $40 000. Taraji expressed that she has learnt to stand up for herself following that experience. She said that what she experienced then helped realise her worth.

Enjoyed reading our story? Download BRIEFLY's news app on Google Play now and stay up-to-date with major South African news!

Source: Briefly News

Authors:
Mxolisi Mngadi avatar

Mxolisi Mngadi (Editor) Mxolisi Mngadi is an entertainment reporter. He graduated in 2002 from Damelin with a Diploma in Journalism, majoring in African and International Studies, Journalism and Electronic Media. He then started his journalism career at the Daily Sun newspaper, went on to The Citizen, and worked as a senior reporter at News24. He has been a writer for more than 15 years.