ASAP Bari Sues Sexual Assault Accuser for Defamation: Report

Jabari Shelton, higher often known as ASAP Mob co-founder ASAP Bari, has sued a girl who accused him of sexually assaulting her in July 2017, TMZ reviews. According to the report, Shelton claims that the girl (known as Jane Doe) instructed cops on the night time of the alleged incident that he didn’t sexually assault her. Shelton is reportedly suing the girl for “defamation and civil extortion for allegedly pressuring him into settling.”

Video of the alleged incident surfaced in July 2017. Shelton referred to as it “[a] misleading video clip.” Shortly after the incident got here to gentle, Nike cut ties with Shelton’s style label VLONE. Months later, in November 2017, the woman sued Shelton for over $1 million. In May 2018, Shelton was arrested in London—the place the incident allegedly occurred—on two counts of sexual assault.

In different ASAP Bari information, final week, on August 13, The Hollywood Reporter and TMZ reported that Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office declined to pursue sexual assault prices associated to an alleged November 2017 incident. According to THR, “[t]he reporting party later told investigators she did not want to proceed with the case.” It is presently unclear if the London incident and the declined L.A. case are linked.

Pitchfork has contacted representatives for ASAP Bari and the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office for remark.