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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

dude that is so crude, ya i know im late but hey she was 14 in an 18 yrs old or older club, hes shouldn’t have to hold the blame, i mean look at the way she is dressed, tell me if you wouldn’t see her on the street and no think she was older than 18. in this case i dont blame him i blame her

Posted by  on  09/19  at  03:40 PM

That’s a 14 year old?! What the f*ck?! She looks like those d*mn sluts in high school that go around with there fake bloody designer crap, hoping anyone would lay them!! I’m preety sure everyone knows what I mean when I say that I wanted to punch out that cunt the second I saw her like an ugly horse on top of him!!!! I hope her friggen parents whipped her!!! (LOL)
Don’t say sorry Akon!!! It’s not your fault!!!!
AN ALL YOUZ IDIOTS WHO DISLIKE HIM NOW
..
...
GO TO HELL.

Akon you’re still my babyy!! <3
For people who think anything otherwise and actually blame him. F*ck you.

Posted by  on  09/20  at  01:00 AM

KAAAY, no seriousllyy all of you are dumb,
akon is the best, and he didnt mean to do dis sh*t.
so f*ck all the haterz, ily akon.

Posted by  on  09/20  at  03:06 PM

1 im 12 and if i was that girl i would do more then that with hem!!!2 Its not akons fault or the clubs falt!and + that girl looks like 18!

PS:LOOK AT THAT GIRLS CLOTHES!!!

PSS-I LOVE U AKON!!!!

Posted by  on  09/22  at  11:27 PM

Its f*cking retarded that he is being sued for that stunt. It was wrong in the first place to start humping her, but seriously she is dressed the way a girl should dress when she’s old enough to drink. NOT when she’s old enough to be in the 8th f*cking grade.
She shouldn’t have snuck into the club, and she shouldn’t have not stopped him when he was doing that. Everyone is at fault here, but Akon is taking all the blame which is f*cking ridiculous.

Posted by  on  09/23  at  05:27 PM

It is not Akon’s fulat he went to the club to have fun and all and the girl i mean hell she looks like she is 21 not 14 going on 15
All she wante to do is sew him for his money becouse he is rich! And it is the clubs fault too,becouse they should of got your licence or w/e you call it to see if they were 21 or older,,,,if you did not get one thing i said this is it
It is the girls and the clubs fault not Akon’

Posted by  on  09/25  at  07:20 PM

evrybody gat weaknesses,with all due respect for women’s rights this time round i’ll side wit the guys what was that lil 14 yr old doing in 21+ club?? when you put your self in a situation where something is bound to happen it will happen so !! so the lil galz parents should be doin their home work not sueing akon but he’s a great guy, and i reaaaaaaaaally appreciate the apology tho iot wasn’t his fault… it was just bump and grind and having a good time...keep it up akon we love the music

Posted by  on  09/26  at  09:31 AM

wink i really really really wish that waz me and i wished he had nofing on.

Posted by  on  10/02  at  09:29 AM

akon aint to blame, but neitha is that gal. Every 1 has snuck ito a club at that age, although she needs 2 dress betta, he took advantage even though he didnt no her age. he went to far but his still a wikid singer and he is sorry i fink.

Posted by  on  10/12  at  11:34 AM

Oh right u guys should realy know that all this business was realy not akons fault! it was that girls! she had no bloody business being in that club since it was a 21 years old club! akons could hyave pulled up anyone on that satge! so it wasnt his fault! he dad should have checked she was staying at a friends not off clubbing somewhere! yeahh u all blame akon..because hes a celebrity and the tablods have nothing else better to do! well i think its rediculus! im only 14! and my dad wouldnt just let me go out if i said i was staying at a mates he would go n check! its called being a good partent! && the girl should be ashamed! for putting akon and all his friends, family and most of all fans through this! not to mension her family and friends! u should be ashamed! and i say big up to akon! since he had the guts to write a song && say sorry not just for this but for everything else hes done bad :@! at least someones trying to put it right! xxxx smile xxxx

Posted by  on  10/20  at  07:31 AM

It’s not like he stuck it in her.  What’s the big deal.  Let’s focus this effort somewhere else.  If you want to put a pervert in jail start with Michael Jackson.  As for Trinidad, they do worse stuff than that at Carnival.  I think in 4 years he needs to call the little ho and tell her to come finish what she started.

Posted by  on  11/05  at  07:36 PM

I agree.  Like he said in his song how was he supposed to know.  It is all just quincidence.  He just so happed to choose HER out of the croud.  If it were anyone else, it wouldn’t matter. And I already respected him but since this song came out I respect him even more it takes a lot of guts to appoligize and admit that your wrong.  She didn’t look 14 to me so how was he supposed to know.

Posted by  on  11/11  at  01:40 AM

You know that is frkn retarded.
that gurl shouldnt have been there.
she is dumb.
she should have been in a lil kid club!
oh my.
she needs to go fall in a well!!!
i still love AKON and nobody is gonna change that!
goodness.
oh and he even admitted that h did somethin wrong.
he is a good person!!!
gosh…

Posted by Taylor :]]  on  11/11  at  07:52 PM

D*mn dawg....Im only 14 and i dont even do that shit...Yea i go 2 parties and dance...But i have never lied about my age 2 anyone....If sumone likes me or want 2 holla and they ask my age i tell them...If there 2 old then i dont f*ck with them.....Im g*y so thats y i dont f*ck with boys....I have a girlfriend

Posted by  on  11/30  at  03:36 PM

it waz akons , the gurls , & the clubs fault .  aculately it waz the person who let her in .  & u know what i let her in but u can keep putting the blame on her cause i don’t want the blame on me
jk
it is still everones fault
hannah rocks

Posted by  on  12/10  at  05:58 PM

its half her daddys fault b-cuz he shouldnt let her out in the first place and akon doesnt need 2 have contest
b-cuz if he didnt have that contest that girl would have never had gotten raped by him and also the girl should have not been ther b-cuz it was for 18 yr old and up not f***** 14yr little hoes.but akon we still love you hottie

Posted by  on  01/19  at  01:42 AM

MAN SHUT UP AKON IZ NOT WRONG FOR WAT HE DID AND IF U GOT A PROBLEM COME SOLVE IT DO U THINK A FAMOUS PERSON GOING 2 DANCE OR DO THAT 2 A UNDER AGE GIRL KNOWING ITS GOING 2 BE ALL ON THE NEWS CAUSE HE GOT STALKERS MANNNN YA;LL STUPID MAYB U DIDNT LISTEN 2 DA WORDS 2 SO U CAN PUT THE BLAME ON ME CAUSE APPARENTLY IT WAS HER FAULT CAUSE SHE HAD SUMTHING 2 DO WITH IT MOSTLY ALL OF IT. MONEY’S SHOULD TAKE SECURITY MORE SERIOUSLY AND HER PARENTS ONLY SEWED BECAUSE AKON GOT MONEY AND THEY WOULD GET ALOT OUT OF HIM SO P.S LEAVE HIM ALONG AND STOP POSTING STUFF ABOUT HIM AND GO 2 H E DOUBLE HOCKEY STICKS AND PROBLEMS TEXT MY EMAIL AND SOLVE IT IF U SO HARD ENOUGH 2 WRITE ABOUT HIM HUHH

Posted by  on  01/27  at  02:50 AM

thats bullsh*t how wud he kno her age hes a artiste thats wut they do..that was the caribbean THATS WAT WE DO...come on wut is soca or dub or dancehall it aint nothin they havent seen they jus mad cuzz it shows they dont have there clubs under control blame her pastor dad and the club not Kon....blame them

Posted by  on  02/07  at  03:19 PM

i agree with natalie. the club was supposed to be 18 and up n that lil 14 year old girl shouldn’t have been there in the first place dressed like that. who lets their 14 year old kid dress like she’s 20? but i think the whole thing was an accident and the lil girl should be in trouble for lying about her age which she obiously did and the club should be for not checkin id’s. still love your music akon.

Posted by  on  02/16  at  10:52 PM

Hey no 14yr old should dress like that!!!! she looks like she is in her early twenties!!! how does she know how to dance like that anyways.. she needs disipline!!!!

Posted by  on  06/11  at  11:31 PM

I go too far!

Posted by  on  07/31  at  09:15 PM

okay this is stupid first they should have catched her before she went in there and it was an 18 years and over club they should of asked for id and her age. the other one is dat if you look at the pic her head is turned she new she wasn’t suppost to be there and dat she didn’t want ppl to see her face cuz they would have kown she was under age so its not his falut for want he did its the culbs for not watching who came in and its the girls fault for being in there anyways so yea that my saying in it smile

Posted by  on  09/01  at  03:49 PM

TH3 B**CH SHOULDNT OF B33N A LiL SL*T!

Posted by  on  10/01  at  08:11 PM

I cant belive that some of you are saying that you love him less....for him dancing with A GIRL ???? Couse at that time nobody would say she is 14 and i would do the same thing… So please stop with that BS saying oohh i loved* him but now i dont knowwww anymore??? The parent should apologyze to Akon , and akon should take them to the court couse he is loosing a lot of money now. And by the way akon is not the only one dancing like that...everybody is , just go to the club and you will see it.
Even if you go to some club that you can get in maybe as 15 year old....they are dancing the same way as in the big boys and girls club
So please dont blame him ...you would do the same thing, and second he did not know
You do those thing in the club… it does not matter if you are rich and a raper singer or just a regular guy.
So stop blaming him ...ok ...the parents should pay for the losses

From white boy in Florida

Posted by  on  10/13  at  11:34 AM

OMG akon is a sweet nice guy i love him even though he did a naught thang i dnt dislike him I CANT believe akon could do such a thang but akon is still hot sexy cute and has a great voice sorry blame it on me reminds me of my ex and i. Akon ur doiiin grat And if u hate akon u hate me!!!!

i love u soooooooo much akon....

Posted by  on  11/18  at  04:31 AM

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