{"id":116184,"date":"2023-11-03T10:01:26","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T10:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/03\/akon-slams-disgusting-claim-he-sexually-assaulted-teens-threatens-to-file-defamation-lawsuit\/"},"modified":"2023-11-03T10:01:26","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T10:01:26","slug":"akon-slams-disgusting-claim-he-sexually-assaulted-teens-threatens-to-file-defamation-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/03\/akon-slams-disgusting-claim-he-sexually-assaulted-teens-threatens-to-file-defamation-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Akon slams &#8216;disgusting claim\u2019 he sexually assaulted teens, threatens to file defamation lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<br><div id=\"article-text\">\n                        \n\n                        \n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Akon\u00a0is planning to file a defamation lawsuit against\u00a0record executive Suge Knight\u00a0after he claimed the &#8220;Locked Up&#8221; singer sexually assaulted two teenage girls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I need to make it very clear that I absolutely deny these outrageous false and disgusting claims Suge Knight made on his podcast about me,&#8221; Akon said in an exclusive statement shared with Complex. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I\u2018ve never called, received, or had any contact with Suge Knight since he has been incarcerated.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Suge Knight made the allegations against Akon on his\u00a0<em>Collect Call with Suge Knight<\/em>\u00a0podcast. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The episode utilized a clip of an interview Akon did with\u00a0DJ Vlad in 2020, where he addressed the time his former road manager knocked out the Death Row Records co-founder during a 2009 incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;My voice you heard on his podcast was a soundbite previously recorded from an interview I did with DJ Vlad 3 years ago regarding Suge Knight in 2009,&#8221; Akon continued. &#8220;I\u2019ve never been a guest on Suge Knight\u2019s podcast. I always believe in building positivity into the world and my actions and legacy have spoken to that.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;It\u2019s unfortunate that I have to defend myself from these lies and I will be involving my legal team in filing a defamation lawsuit against Mr. Knight, my prayers for him will still continue.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the\u00a0<em>Collect Call<\/em>\u00a0episode, Suge Knight said one of his &#8220;home girls&#8221; told him that Akon and producer Detail sexually assaulted two teenagers, one aged 13 and one 12. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He did not say when the alleged assault happened but did claim he told the woman not to go to the authorities because he wanted to handle it himself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Akon previously said that his issues with Suge Knight, a convicted felon ineligible for parole until October 2034, were financial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Akon shared a comment responding to Suge Knight&#8217;s claims earlier this week. &#8220;The world knows a lie when they hear it,&#8221;\u00a0he wrote\u00a0on X, formerly Twitter. &#8220;It&#8217;s unfortunate that this man is going out like this. It&#8217;s sad and seriously embarrassing. Regardless of our history, I&#8217;m still going to be praying for him.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n                <p><strong>DISCLAIMER: <\/strong>The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.<\/p>      \n                <!-- Post Tags -->\n                \n\n                         \n                                             \n                    <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Akon\u00a0is planning to file a defamation lawsuit against\u00a0record executive Suge Knight\u00a0after he claimed the &#8220;Locked Up&#8221; singer sexually assaulted two teenage girls. &#8220;I need to make it very clear that I absolutely deny these outrageous false and disgusting claims Suge Knight made on his podcast about me,&#8221; Akon said in an exclusive statement shared with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":116185,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-116184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - 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