Akon was booted off Gwen Stefani's tour for feeling up a 15 year old. Somebody's missing his Verizon money.
"First, and most important to me, I want to sincerely apologize for the embarrassment and any pain I've caused to the young woman who joined me on-stage, her family and the Trinidad community for the events at my concert in Port of Spain on April 12th.It was never my intention to embarrass or take advantage of my fans in any way, especially those under the age of 18. That is why we tried to make sure that the club did not admit anyone under 18 in the audience. Somehow, that standard was not met.
Again, I apologize to those concerned and to all my fans and I pledge to all that we will strive to make sure this type of incident does not happen again."
He so didn't write this. He deserves to be booted of that tour. Not because he molested a youngster, but because of the chorus to "The Sweet Escape." That song makes me want to punch myself in the face.
(These are not photos from the incident, but I imagine they were somewhat similar to what happened with the underage girl.)
(WENN)
Kittycatastrophe says:
Actually if you look at the video it is the same girl. How does a fourteen year old(at time of incident) manage to get a tattoo?
celia says:
He sounds at least as sincere as Paris. :tape:
some tattoos are temporary. i know -- they're the only kind i have.
Heyra says:
I really don't think Akon should be blame for this girl being all over him...Plus the club should be blame for this, it was a 18 & over event therefore you could go wild, yet security didn't notice her fake I.D!!!!!
sarah says:
She's 15? Dressing like that? Seriously? YOu know from the way she's "dancing" it looks like she's already had some ...experience anyway.
S_M_G says:
I'm all team Akon here. Seriously, the girl was 2000% trying to jump on stage with her hands in the air screaming in an 18 and over club dressed like that. Poor guy...
some dude says:
oh please, what this guy is sorry about is that someone made a big deal about this and it is now threatening his money making ability.
whitedaisy says:
The young girl was told that she won a dance contest; she never consented to be slammed and disrespected all over that stage.
Akon is an idiot.
Funkoniya says:
Nothing like a 14 year old with a "tramp stamp".
She's a classy lil slu... girl.
wyldhoney says:
For those of you who don't live in the Caribbean, let me tell you something.
NO WOMAN will go on a stage without expected to be treated like that. 99% of the shows you go to, the artiste will call someone up on stage and get wild with them. As a girl who was born in and who grew up in T&T, she must have known what she was getting into. I don't believe her story for one bit.
I'm not saying that that kind of behaviour is right. I don't think it is, and I think it's disrepectful to women. That's why that I will attend all the shows and the parties and clubs, but I will NEVER find myself up on stage to be treated like a ragdoll.
Poor Akon says:
She clearly was enjoying herself. Look at the pictures closely. She has her hand on his belt pulling him toward her. She should have had her young azz in the house and not at a club grinding on a grown man.
Akon is immocent in this. How did he know she was 15?? She looks older to me. And since when were children allowed at the club?
BayBB says:
I can't stand Akon but the lil hoochie was clearly in the wrong. Everything about her screams fast azz from the tattoo, to the Uncle Luke dancer moves, to the stripper top. If I were her dad, I would do like Akon and smack that (azz with a belt)!
supernova says:
Akon is an asshole (seriously, that dry-humping shit should be banned because its tacky and CORNY). And that little girl is a slut-in-the-making. She is CLEARLY into it (she could have said "no" or "i'm only 14" - bitch loved every minute of it). Also, her own father (who is a pastor of a church) DEFENDED her actions (how sick is that crap).
blah blah says:
These are the pictures from the incident...that girl is 14!!!!! I can't believe it. The club was 18 and over.
Costumo Malarky says:
Yikes she's 14?!?! Holy smokes what do they feed those girls there?
Dalet says:
How come this plant lives on such hipocrit circus...
Out there, in the planet,100000,000 childrens in hell because in certain countries( 28 Africas)still mutilate ( cut the gennitalias)babies from 0 to 16 yers old...Be awere...
Waylon says:
AKON is trash. What would you expect out of him!!!!
MO says:
actually that IS the incident. look at how she's dressed. not like a 14 year old.
Jinxy McDeath says:
Akon is a pig for doing that to ANYONE, never mind a disobediant kid. She's 14, a child.
JRo says:
Akon: WOOOOO HOOOOOO!
Lolita: WEEEEEE HOOOOOO!
Gigi says:
She doesn't look 14 at all. She's got a hoochie mama top, tramp stamp, porn star belly button piercing and is acting like this isn't her first rodeo. her parent should be put in jail
Carly says:
Isn't Akon the guy with 2 wives? Doesn't he have his hands full enough?
Sara says:
That girl does not look her age at all. She has a tattoo for goodness sakes. Generally only 18 year olds have them. Plus look at what she's wearing. Oh brother.
Sue says:
...and all I can think is that they have an arrest warrant for Richard Gere for KISSING a woman! It is truly a strange world we live in...
Laura says:
Sure, blame a 14 year-old underage girl for being defiled onstage by a completely disgusting, womanizing artist who definitely knew better what was going on than she did. It wasn't that long ago that people used to justify rape and sexual assault by blaming the woman for dressing provocatively, and that seems to be the consensus in the comments here. Anyone who blames a 14 year-old for this is a fucking idiot.
hybrid_theory says:
I live in Trinidad & I can assure u that the hoochie knew what to expect when she went up on that stage. Further more she was enjoying it as u all could clerarly see from the pictures. At 14 my parents knew where I was at all times & I am now 25 & I can honestly say I never wore clothes like that. Anybody can see that she enjoys that kind of "attention" & doesnt know how to behave like a 14 yr old.
Johnny says:
There is enough blame to go around for all parties. 1. Akon for disrespecting women
2. The 14 year old for being tacky, having no self respect and breaking the law for being at the club.
3. The parents for letting her have a tattoo and not knowing where she was.
4. The club for letting her get in.
5. And society in general for perpetuating this behavior in the young.
Lord Snooty says:
If you really think that 15 yr old girls who look and behave like her normally don't have sex (and I mean heavy, sweating, steaming sex) you are so dumb they should put you behind bars instead of Paris !
Thenna says:
NOTICE THAT JUST ABOVE THE PHOTOS IT SAYS THIS:
"(These are not photos from the incident, but I imagine they were somewhat similar to what happened with the underage girl.)"
The girl in the pics are not the underage girl!!!
Young ONE says:
LAURA~ the girl went to a club to old for her.. She wore closthes not appealing for her age she compleatly misrepresented herself.
Akon is known for this s**t she knew what she was getting into.
Not his Fault.
by the way if you dress provacitivly people will asume the worst , men will look thats why they do it.
caramel says:
how can akon be blamed for this, the underage girl was in an over 18 club, and from the pics she looks more than willing!
question one: at 14 where were her parents at?
question two: was he supposed to check her i.d before they "danced"?
no offence but this girl does not look 14 to me, would the same reaction be ,met if he was dancing like this with a woman his age?
hhh says:
men use woman just for show
Chad Feanny says:
OK first of all you people need to understand the culture of where this happened. That kind of 'dry humping' as it is being called is the ONLY way that is danced over there and in the islands in general ESPECIALLY at a club like that. The only real problem with the incident is that yes he did it to a underage girl, the only problem with that argument is that it is a 18 year old and above club, so therefor it is not his fault he was doing the exact same thing that everyone in the crowd was doing.
As for the girls father being outraged at the treatment his daughter receive he is being a fool. His own ineptitude allowed his 14 year old daughter to end up at that club in the first place, so he has no right to be complaining to any media about the incident. The only reason a big deal was made is because it was Akon that did the dancing.
Also for all the idiots saying that you felt sick watching this you have no sense at all your looking at it from the standpoint that he grabbed this girl pulled off his shirt and raped her on stage, wich is totally untrue she came up on stage herself agreed to the 'concert' and afterwards danced with Akon. Furthermore you have no right to be judging the way people from that island dance and yes that is the way they dance over there.
Why would some of you want to ruin his career over something like this? talking about emailing his sponsers and requesting that they remove their support. ITS THE CULTURE OVER THERE. The only thing that was wrong about this was that this little underage girl snuck herself into a *ADULT* club.
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Yidonna says:
Wait They Shouldnt Blame Him For That Becuz She In a club that 18 and older anyway so he probably assume she was 18 r older but um she damn sho dont look like she 14 or 15 she look older and then she have a belly ring and tatto omg he shouldnt be the one sayign sorry they should be saying sorry to him and how did they know how old she was ? make u think they probably set him up
kerri says:
AKON is an idiot !!! and that girl is a slut !! shes a freaking idiot too!! god help them!!
i love akon says:
omg. how can u possibly blame akon!!! That girl was asking for it. And what type of father is that conceited in the head that he would blame akon. He probaly just didn't want it to look like it was his innocent(cough cough)daughter's fault because what type of minister or priest or whatever he is lets his daughter do that. Akon didn't know, and was he supposed to (can u say fake ID in an 18 and over club). And if you think he isn't sorry, I think that there is something wrong in your head too because he wrote a whole song about how sorry he was. That's more than pretty much any other singer does when he messes up. And he lost Verizon over this. He's definatly sorry.
coley says:
no fault ok akons!! look at her lil skank
Chloe says:
Akon should be taken out back and shot.
holdup says:
ok like wtff....shes 14/15 n she has her belly done? he has a massive tatoo on he back? she dresses like a prosti? her top only has ONE strap holding it up on the back? and she knows how to hump n dirty dance....ok now im not sure about any of you's but....i dont know any 14 year old girls like this. OK MAYBE akon didnt write that but im pretty sure he didnt know that this girl was underage....what kind of girl whos FATHER IS A PRIEST does this and goes to a club like this
AkonzSEXII says:
I luv Akon He his so fuckin' sexy <3 E-mail me Akon @ Drewzy91@Yahoo.com
sammy says:
look i say each to there own if u dont like what he did dnt BICH about it GET OVA it... I LIKE Akon and as he said ther was ment to be no one under 18 and i think hes as great guy and singer and he as said sorry what more can he do and by the look on the girls face i say she liked it LOVE YA AKON..!!
Dotcom oyeka says:
I think they should be thanking akon for not charging them (both verizon & the said club) for organising a tour with.... and a club where under age is admitted. The minister got it all wrong. The club is the guilty, not my innocent akon
hanna says:
it is not just akons falut.it hers to you know she want it too i mine look at the pictures if she dident want it she will be slaping him of getting of him but not tuching him and sleeping on him