Three more women have reportedly come forward with claims of sexual assault
by T.I. and his wife, Tiny Harris, but the couple continues to deny all allegations.
On Tuesday (April 6), Tip and Tiny’s attorney, Steven Sadow, released a
statement to XXL on the Harrises behalf. “The Harrises continue to wait for the
accusers to reveal themselves publicly,” Sadow said. “By hiding behind
anonymous allegations, the unnamed accusers effectively render themselves not
credible and unworthy of belief. We say: Stop trying to manipulate the press and
misuse the justice system, and let the light shine on their identities so we can go
about disproving these scurrilous accusations.”
The latest statement from the Atlanta couple comes after a new report of three
new accusers speaking out about being sexually abused by T.I. and Tiny. There
are now 20 victims who have made allegations against Tip and Tiny. According
to Page Six on April 2, a rep for attorney Tyrone A. Blackburn, who is
representing several of the other women accusing Tip and Tiny, told the outlet
that Blackburn is “speaking with investigators from multiple jurisdictions to pursue
criminal charges” against T.I. and his wife.
Blackburn’s spokesperson also shared the allegations made by a 20-year-old
woman who claims that the couple drugged her. The woman alleges that T.I. and
Tiny “pulled out a pill and forced her to swallow it” after meeting them at a Miami
club back in 2010. The woman also alleges that she was taken to a hotel in the
South Beach area of Miami and the couple’s security supposedly confiscated her
phone and Tip “forced her to take a powdered substance from his finger.” She
additionally claims that “[Tiny] undressed her and proceeded to engage in sexual
intercourse. She said her body was numb, the room was slowing down, and she
could not consent.”
Two other women’s accounts likened the 20-year-old woman’s allegations. Those
individuals also alleged that they had been drugged and raped. Page Six reports
that one of the two women accused Tip and his male friend of “drugging and
raping” her in Miami at a hotel during Memorial Day weekend back in 2010. The
second woman claims that she was drugged and sex trafficked in California,
Florida and Nevada.
Last month, Blackburn revealed that six victims came out with sexual assault
allegations of their own after he claimed to have sent letters to officials in
California and Georgia back in February seeking an investigation against the
couple. Prior to the six individuals speaking out, Blackburn was reportedly
representing 11 accusers.
The news of Blackburn calling for an official investigation of the allegations made
against T.I. and Tiny was first published in The New York Times. Since the
allegations have surfaced online, production for the couple’s VH1 reality TV
show T.I. & Tiny: Friends & Family Hustle has been suspended.
The growing claims of sexual abuse against T.I. and Tiny stem from January of
this year, when Atlanta-based business woman Sabrina Peterson accusing The
L.I.B.R.A. rapper of putting a gun to her head. Shortly after, she shared endless
accounts of anonymous sexual assault allegations against the couple on her
Instagram Story.
Again, T.I. and Tiny have emphatically denied any claims made against them.
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