Rapper T.I. and wife Tiny won’t face criminal charges over 2005 sex assault allegation, authorities say
LA TimesRapper T.I., right, and wife Tameka “Tiny” Harris attend the 51st NAACP Image Awards, Presented by BET, at Pasadena Civic Auditorium on February 22, 2020. The Los Angeles County district attorney’s office has declined to file charges against rapper Clifford “T.I.” Harris and his wife, singer Tameka “Tiny” Harris in a case based on allegations brought by a woman who said she was sexually assaulted by the couple in 2005. The couple’s attorney Shawn Holley said they are pleased but not surprised by the decision not to proceed “with the meritless accusations,” and they plan to put the matter behind them. and Tiny’s VH1 reality show, “The Family Hustle.” In March, Sabrina Peterson filed a defamation lawsuit in L.A. County Superior Court against Tiny, T.I. In February, Blackburn sent letters to police agencies in California and Georgia calling for an investigation into the couple, describing their allegations as an “eerily” similar pattern of “events of sexual abuse, forced ingestion of illegal narcotics, kidnapping, terroristic threats and false imprisonment.” The Harrises have vehemently denied any wrongdoing since the accusations first surfaced.