Maino

Maino is currently being sought out by the NYPD for questioning, after an adult film star accused him of assaulting her inside of his truck after they partied at Griffin on Monday night with Drake, Ashanti, JR Smith and more. According to the police report filed by the porn star, Mellanie Monroe, “he started punching her and fled,” but I spoke directly to Maino and her story has quite a few holes in it.

Maino explains he met Mellanie about a year and a half ago on Twitter, and they exchanged phone numbers at the time. Though they’ve briefly text messaged since then, they hadn’t actually met until the party on Monday night. Prior to meeting and even that night, what was supposed to transpire between them was always quite clear – nothing more, nothing less. While in the club, both Maino and Mellanie were on the same page, made evident from what she was saying in text messages to him, and after the party, the “after-party” was supposed to be good to go. It wasn’t the same story once they got into their awaiting SUV, however.

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Once inside the car, Mellanie told Maino, “You have to wine and dine me first.” (We were thinking Wing Stop, but that’s besides the point…) Maino then let her know that she should leave, because they obviously were no longer on the same page. At that point, she started causing a commotion and refused to leave, making such a scene that the hip-hop police actually approached the vehicle and removed her. As she was being taken away, she even threw a brush at the vehicle, but at no point did she mention any sort of assault. And that’s because there was none.

“She wasn’t touched at any point inside the truck,” Maino says. “We were in front of the club for everyone to see.”

Maino is confident justice will be served. He has already met with his legal team, and is fully cooperating with authorities, which you can see in the photo in the gallery. IFWT will keep you updated!