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LAPD investigating rapper T.I., Tiny sexual assault allegations - BNC

By: Alyssa Wilson WARNING: This story contains information and allegations of sexual assault. The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating sexual assault allegations made against rapper T.I. and his wife, Tameka 'Tiny' Harris, BNC confirmed with the department. According to the Daily Beast, an anonymous woman spoke with detectives in April, alleging she was assaulted by the couple in 2005. Attorney Tyrone Blackburn said a second woman named Rachelle Jenks filed a police report with similar allegations in Las Vegas one month earlier. RELATED: New details in sex abuse allegations against T.I. & Tiny Blackburn is representing Jenks and multiple women who alleged the […]

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