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Thursday, May 10, 2007

Akon Apologizes For Going Too Far

Life is good when you’re a superstar…especially when your album is selling millions and you’re touring with Gwen Stefani.  Akon is riding high on the wave of his success.  Now if he could just keep his hands off the underage girls at his shows.

Last April 12th in Trinidad, Akon invited a girl onstage from the audience.  Apparently overtaken by the moment, the “Smack That” rapper started dirty dancing with the willing participant, to the point of simulating sex.


In the age of video and picture technology, the whole thing was videotaped and circulated on the Internet.  At that point, it was discovered that the girl was only 14 years old.  For the 34-year-old rapper, that spelled b-a-d n-e-w-s. 

Verizon, one of the tour’s sponsors, has since pulled out of the “Sweet Escape” tour headlined by Gwen Stefani.  This could spell even more trouble for the Konvicted recording artist.

In a statement released Wednesday to The Associated Press, Akon, 34, said he was sorry for the incident, but also said he didn’t know the girl was underage. “I want to sincerely apologize for the embarrassment and any pain I’ve caused to the young woman who joined me onstage, her family and the Trinidad community for the events at my concert,” Akon said.

“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,” he said. “Somehow, that standard was not met.”

Click below to enlarge the stage shots of Akon gettin’ his grind on!

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COMMENTS

I think that they all to blame. Akon is to blame for dirty danceing with random people on a stage were everyone watching. I think the girl was to blame because she snuck into a club that she knew she was under age for. and I think the club is to blame because the should have been playing colser attention to ID. Altough I am an Akon fan and still will be after hearing his song(sorry,blame it on me) it proved to me that he really is sorry and I think that it’s time that the club,the girl and her parents step and do there share of apologies.

Posted by  on  08/15  at  02:43 PM

If yall dont like him over this than ur stupid. The club was 21 and over, guess they dont check id’s right. So its not his fault its the clubs fault.

Posted by  on  08/17  at  03:11 PM

ok, i dont blame you akon.. i love you man!, i love you song and everything.. Dude.! who the f*** is the 14 girl?... if i know her i’ll beat her a** up!! you did nothing wrong Akon! the f***ing club let her IN ?! WHAT THE HELL ! You know the girl should go to jail, askon didn’t know she was 14?! Akon i’m on your side. ANd the f***ing b***h go to hell for making someone like Akon wrote a song, YOU SHould say sorry not akon !! she did look like 21 or older i dont blame him.. I LOVE YOU AKON !!! I TAKE SOME OF THE BLAME TOO !! I’LL DO ANYTHING TO HELP YOU !!!!!  YO WANA DIRTY DANCE?! DANCE WITH YOUR A** THEN !!
Lisa (you did nothing wrong akon )

Posted by  on  08/18  at  01:26 AM

omg akon is not the blame!! maybe “club zen” should have higher security gwen stefani and akon are popular enough to have security that makes sure you phave id’s before u come n instead of lettin em come in through another door or whatever. so next time charges want to be pressed the popos should look at those pictures of her on top of him and the clothes she wearin!! what 14 or 15 year onld has tatoos and they’re belly buttton pierced??? and instead of spreadin all over the web her dad is a priest i think they should keep it to theirselves!! cause i aint seen no preachers daughter dressin like that before!! or club hoppin cause if u would of seen the other videos its the same girl same age, same dancin and still havin the same hochie clothes on just different clubs!!

Posted by  on  08/19  at  02:32 AM

If that girl is 14 yrs. old, her parents should’ve whooped her a** for being at the concert. Her parents should also file a complaint against the club/club employees, for letting her enter the establishment. You can’t blame Akon, he didn’t know how old she was. Some parents just need to keep a eye on their kids, exspecially if they’re hot in the a** like that one. But hey thats just my opinion.

Posted by  on  08/19  at  05:32 PM

i think he is a really flirty guy and the girl is too young....

Posted by  on  08/19  at  10:14 PM

thats bs if dancing is wrong then what is right now days, everthing is coming to the age were we have to be like christ to live in this world. they were just dancing, i dance like that all the time at parties no big deal but when a star does it, its a big problem wtf he is human too, before he is a star, your still the same akon to me just keep doing what you do akon your the best.cuz looken back in the history of hip-hop,thats nothing to what other hip-hop artist have done.

Posted by  on  08/20  at  06:06 PM

F**K THAT! akon is this s**t
and she looked like she was enjoying herself
so its not his fault im 14 if i was her
i’d be proud and just have a good time
that b***h should be charged specially kus i heard it was a contest
so i mean she must have entered it knowing what was gonna happen.
& shame on her parents for letting her go out like that
she must be a whore anyways look at her looking like shes freaking 20 and only 14 with grown t*ts and everything
plus they was wearing clothes so its not like it was that bad
she never told him to get off of her or screamed, kicked or hit him in any sorta way so wtf i never thought that they took age differences so seriously.

Posted by  on  08/24  at  10:02 PM

we dont blame him she looks about 19 + she looks like a whore see her pictures

Posted by  on  08/26  at  02:09 PM

he is a dirty little bastered

Posted by  on  08/28  at  12:51 AM

akon is a little bastered he is a a**hole sickhe is a perv

Posted by  on  08/28  at  12:59 AM

hey, i think that akon didnt do the right thing but at least he did something about it to say hes sorry.. i mean that takes a big heart to do people…

Posted by anthony  on  08/29  at  02:06 PM

has he lost his mind? hes a celeb always in the public eye. WAY TO GO aKON sick

Posted by  on  09/02  at  11:04 PM

dude im wondering how the heck a 14 year old girl got into a 21 and over club.

i mean if everyone in the club is soposed to be 21 or older then its not akons fault that she was there ILLEGALLY y isnt this girl getting in trouble rather than us hearing about akon he did nothing wrong

Posted by  on  09/07  at  09:57 PM

First if the girls 14 she shouldn’t leave the house looking like a prime time hooker off the streets. SOOO maybe her mom and dad should take some blame. AND PEER PRESSURE IS NOT AN EXCUSE. she went on stage, she participated. She gets what she wanted, please she dressed like a slut knowing it would draw attention and most likely hoping akon would notice her. Now she can play it for more attention b/c of what happened. Get over yourself, if you were my daughter I wouldn’t defend you, But then I wouldn’t have to. Maybe her parents should have taught her self-respect and restraint and they wouldn’t be in this position.

Posted by  on  09/10  at  12:33 PM

ewww dat lil girl should have just been at home haha instead of being a teeniboppa and its mainly the clubs fault SHHHHHHHAMMMMME!! hahahahaha AKONZ DA SHIT he sounds even better real life

Posted by  on  09/13  at  05:32 PM

akon what the f!@# man i mean you shouldn’t dance like that with anyone except celebs or your girlfriend… that b**ch is only 14/15 and man good songs by the way but not a good act

shame on you man i dont care if u apoligized its not good enough blank stare

Posted by  on  09/14  at  05:33 AM

whut was a 14 year old chick doin in da club @ 3;00 in da mornin? im glad dat club wuzz shut down!!!!!

Posted by  on  09/14  at  11:12 AM

MAN WTF ITS NOT AKONS FAULT

k this 14 year old girl should not of snuck out of her house at like 3 am into a club where she was supposed to be 21. so its not akons fault how was he supposed to know he probably thought that everyone in there was over 21 n sh*t n i mean the girl does look alot older then 14 she looks like 19 or older. and persoanlly this little girls parents should have been paying better attention to what she was doing!
so yea its not akons fault what so ever and i still f**king love him

Posted by  on  09/14  at  05:34 PM

Wow, what is the deal with the all caps and spelling atrocities?  My prediction for the next generation of adults? I’m seeing a picture of a very hot place, a handbasket, and us in it.

Anyways, aside from my rant telling people to learn how to f**king spell, I really think people need to tone themselves down on this issue.  Here’s my two cents:

1)Akon didn’t know the girl personally, so there is no way he knew the girl’s age.

2) The girl cannot be held accountable because she is a child, although at 14 I’m pretty sure she knew what she was doing was wrong.  The way she was dressed, she was trying to appear older than she was.

3) The place he was performing at was SUPPOSED to be a +18 establishment; they are the ones that would be held legally responsible if there were to be any repercussions.

All in all, this whole thing got blown out of proportion.

Posted by  on  09/14  at  07:53 PM

i want a girlfriend thats 15 years or older livs by living mt. that like ugly guys thats 15. my dad is cool if the girl is up to 21 years old. 

Posted by  on  09/15  at  10:49 PM

Wow i cant belive they really think its Akon’s fault look at her she looks like she’s 20 hellow ppl hes going to dance with her look at what she is wearing first of all !!! I personaly think that he should not be blamed for this at all. How can her parents even let her go out the house like that if she’s only 14 WTF that makes no sence to me, AND SHE WANTED HIM TO DO THAT OR ELSE SHE WOULDNT HAVE GOT ON STAGE !!!!!! I STILLL LOVE AKON YOUR MY FAVIOUIT ARTIS AND YOU DONT DESERVE TO HAVE PPL HATEN ON YOU MUCH LOVE MELISSA

Posted by  on  09/17  at  09:25 PM

omg...man just lookin at da images makes me sick...but hey i can’t akon for grindin wit her...hello she shouldn’t even be in da club in da first place.....

Posted by  on  09/17  at  09:56 PM

a feel sorry for akon that wee slag shouldny be in the club .. if its anyones fault its hurs && the clubs.
Wit dis she wanty go wae a 34 yeer awld guy fir :S wee slapper

Posted by  on  09/19  at  12:12 PM

a hink its shite hOw akOns gitin pult up fir thiss wen its tht wee slappers fault :s she shOuldny be in a clubb if she wis under 18 ..
anywayyy they shOuld bOlt n leev akOn alain n lOck aht wee slut up :D

Posted by  on  09/19  at  12:15 PM

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