A man by the name of Ronald Savage is accusing Hip-Hop legend Afrika Bambaataa of molestation. Savage says that he was molested by Bamabaataa many times in the 1980’s. He was 15 at the time of the alleged molestation. Savage says he has decided to come out to the public about the situation to try and change New York’s statute of limitations for child sex abuse, which currently blocks criminal/civil charges after the victim turns 23.
Savage is not the only man who has came out and said they were molested by Bambaataa. A unidentified man has just came out and said he also was molested by the hip-hop artist. There is allegedly three men all together making these claims.
Savage has included the allegations in his book, Impulse, Urges and Fantasies: Life Is a Bag of Mixed Emotions, Vol. 1. While speaking with “The Daily News,” he says,
“I was just a child. Why did he take my innocence away? Why did he do this to me?”
Vivian Kimi Tozaki, a lawyer for Bambaataa, was able to give a statement on the case. She says,
“Defamatory statements were published seeking to harm my client’s reputation so as to lower him in the estimation of the community while deterring others from associating or dealing with him. The statements show a reckless disregard for the truth, were published with knowledge of their falsity, and are being made by a lesser-known person seeking publicity.”
Savage says he was abused by Bambaataa about five times. He says he was promised cash to keep his mouth closed.
The unidentified man in the video says he has no doubt in his mind that Bambaataa molested these men.
Source: Pitchfork
