Akon apologizes for dirty dance with underage girl
By MIA on May 9, 2007 in Akon | | ||
Akon, under fire for doing a sexually explicit dance onstage with a 14-year-old girl, has offered an apology to the teen and anyone else who was offended by the display.
He released a statement to the TMZ.com website.
“First, and most important to me, I want to sincerely apologize for the embarrassment and any pain I’ve caused to the young woman who joined me on-stage, her family and the Trinidad community for the events at my concert in Port of Spain on April 12th.
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. Somehow, that standard was not met.
Again, I apologize to those concerned and to all my fans and I pledge to all that we will strive to make sure this type of incident does not happen again.”
Since the incident, Verizon has pulled out as a sponsor of his tour with Gwen Stefani, for whom he wrote the hit The Sweet Escape.
ncr | Dec 21, 2007 | Reply
it is not his fault!! i think it is the girl’s fault!!!!!!she should be the one that should be punished cuz she went into a club and she is not even of age to do that!! so yeah Akon keep ur head up!!