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- The Los Angeles Police Department confirmed to Insider that it was investigating T.I. and his wife.
- The Daily Beast reported that two women alleged that the couple assaulted and drugged them.
- Other women have made similar allegations against the celebrity couple on social media.
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Rapper T.I. and his wife Tameka "Tiny" Harris are under investigation for allegations that they sexually assaulted and drugged women, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) confirmed to Insider.
The Daily Beast first reported on Monday that two women filed police reports accusing the couple of pushing sexual situations they were not comfortable with or could not fully consent to after they alleged they were drugged. Both women claimed they were given a drink by Tiny before feeling "dizzy" or "sick," The Daily Beast reported.
One woman, whose identity is currently anonymous, spoke with LAPD detectives in April 2021 about an assault that allegedly took place in 2005, and another woman, Rachelle Jenks, filed a report earlier this month with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) about events she said took place in 2010, according to The Daily Beast.
The LVMPD confirmed to Insider that it received the report, but said that it closed the case because it was outside of the state's statute of limitations.
The news of the investigation comes after months of claims made online against the couple. At least 30 people have come forward with similar allegations, according to The Cut.
Sabrina Peterson, a former friend of the couple, accused them of misconduct on Instagram in January. T.I. and Tiny denied Peterson's allegations. Peterson told Insider in a previous interview that after speaking about her alleged experience on Instagram, she soon received direct messages from other women containing additional allegations of sexual assault against the famous couple.
Steve Sadow, an attorney for Tiny and T.I., whose real name is Clifford Joseph Harris Jr., denied the allegations in an email to Insider. "The Harrises steadfastly deny and repudiate any and all allegations that they sexually assaulted or drugged anyone," Sadow said.
Sadow added that they had not been contacted by law enforcement. The LAPD did not immediately respond to a public information request regarding this claim.
Two additional women filed police reports alleging sexual assault
According to the Daily Beast, which referenced a police report, the unnamed woman said she met the couple through a man handing out flyers in a mall and invited her to a club where the two would be. The woman reportedly told police that she had two drinks at the club and took one sip of Tiny's Patron drink before she was invited to the couple's hotel room.
Once in the hotel room, the three of them engaged in sexual acts that she was not comfortable with, according to the Daily Beast, which referenced the police report. The Beast reported that the woman claimed in the report that T.I. stuck his toes in her vagina before she became ill.
The Daily Beast also reported having reviewed the police report for the Jenks allegations. In the report, according to the Daily Beast, Jenks said she met Tiny in August 2020 at Las Vegas' McCarran International Airport. She claimed to have been invited to the couple's hotel room at the Venetian when she said she was offered a Patron shot from Tiny and felt "dizzy" soon after.
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Jenks told police that she accepted MDMA from T.I. while she was "feeling confused because of the shot," the Daily Beast reported. Jenks reportedly said she believed the Patron was "spiked" with drugs, and that she was not able to consent to the sexual acts.
The police report said Jenks described an orgy during which T.I. had vaginal intercourse with her, and Tiny asked Jenks to perform oral sex on her, according to the Daily Beast.
Sadow, the attorney, told Insider in an emailed statement: "Even assuming the story in the Daily Beast is close to accurate, it appears the LAPD 'accuser' has chosen once again to remain anonymous, thereby preventing us from being in a position to disprove or refute her allegations - or even examine them."
The LAPD did not immediately provide Insider with the requested police reports.
The two women are working with attorney Tyrone A. Blackburn, who is also working with 11 people who have made similar claims against the two, according to The New York Times.
Blackburn sent letters in March 2021 to authorities in California and Georgia, petitioning them to investigate the claims made by the numerous women that he is now representing. The New York Times reported that Blackburn described "eerily similar" allegations in the letters, which involved "sexual abuse, forced ingestion of illegal narcotics, kidnapping, terroristic threats and false imprisonment."