Controversial rapper Clifford Joseph Harris, known as T.I., and his wife, Tameka, better known as Tiny, have been sued for allegedly drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in 2005, according to several American media reports.
The complaint was filed this Tuesday before the Los Angeles Superior Court by a woman identified as a veteran of the US Air Force, according to The New York Times.
In her writing, the plaintiff claims that she met the stars at a nightclub she attended with a friend and where Tiny allegedly gave them an alcoholic drink that would later weaken her and leave her unconscious until the next morning.
According to their testimony, the artists would have asked the rest of the attendees to leave the hotel to be alone with the two of them. Later, Tiny and T.I. They proceeded to bathe with the young woman while she began to feel "very dizzy" and "weak." She also remembers being penetrated by the rapper while he told her "no" before vomiting and passing out.
The plaintiff accuses both of sexual assault, sexual assault, negligence, unlawful deprivation of liberty and intentional infliction of emotional distress, and seeks damages.
Tiny and T.I. They deny the facts. In a statement sent to the American media by a lawyer for the couple, the defendants considered their complaint blackmail and maintained their innocence. In addition, they maintain that the plaintiff "has been threatening" to go to court for three years.
In 2021, the Los Angeles Prosecutor's Office declined to pursue charges against the Harrises for this incident, citing the statute of limitations. Although more than 18 years have passed since the alleged event, the lawsuit was filed within the framework of the California Sexual Abuse and Concealment Accountability Act, which extended the statute of limitations.
This is not the first time that T.I. is at the center of the controversy. The rapper was harshly criticized for his song Blurred Lines, whose lyrics refer to non-consensual sexual relations.
