Sexual Assault Charges Against T.I. And Tiny Dropped
T.I. and Tiny’s sexual assault case from 2001 has been dropped—at least for now.
Attorneys for the couple filed a motion to dismiss based “on the grounds that plaintiff’s claims are time-barred and that she fails to allege facts sufficient to state any claim.”
In 2001, the plaintiff, referred to as Jane Doe accused Clifford “T.I.” Harris Jr. and Tameka “Tiny” Harris of sexual assault, battery, negligence, false imprisonment and intentional infliction of emotional distress in a lawsuit filed Jan. 2 in Los Angeles County Superior Court.
Doe claims to have met the couple at the VIP section of a nightclub in Los Angeles in 2005. The plaintiff, who was a member of the U.S. Air force, was handed a drink by Tiny. Shortly after, per the plaintiff’s complaint, she was taken to a nearby hotel where Tiny took off all Doe’s clothing, got undressed herself, and were joined by a nude T.I..
“Plaintiff was then directed to get in the shower and T.I. and Tiny entered the shower with her,” her lawyers write. “Plaintiff was extremely shocked and uncomfortable.” After the shower, the accuser claims she began to feel “extremely dizzy and lightheaded” and was “visibly drugged” as T.I. told her to get into bed.—according to Billboard.
In several statements made by the rapper and singer, they’ve said, “the claims in this story have changed time and time again.” Further, they emphatically deny the claims and maintain their innocence.
According to the Los Angeles Times, “The lawsuit against T.I., 43, and Tiny, 49, was filed under California’s Sexual Abuse and Cover Up Accountability Act. The law allows civil suits in cases of sexual assault that had gone past the statute of limitations, when “one or more entities are legally responsible for damages and the entity or their agents engaged in a cover up.” The act allowed for suits to be filed through the end of 2023.”
The motion to dismiss was filed in June. While Doe has a week-long window to file an amended complaint, if she does not file, the case will be dismissed without prejudice.
Last Sunday, T.I. was mistaken for another person of the same name and arrested at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. That person weighed 200 pounds. T.I. weighs 165 pounds. VIBE previously reported on the incident.
T.I. has since told TMZ that “the police were just doing their job.”
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