Rap Pioneer Afrika Bambaataa Sued for Sexual Abuse and Trafficking of a 12-Year-Old

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Afrika Bambaataa has been sued by a man who claims that he was sexually abused by the hip hop artist and activist in the early 1990s, beginning when the alleged victim was just twelve years old.According to Metropolis, the new lawsuit claims that Bambaataa “repeatedly sexually abused and sex trafficked” the unnamed plaintiff between 1991 and 1995.

Content warning: This story contains discussion and descriptions of sexual abuse.Afrika Bambaataa is being sued for child sex trafficking by a man who alleges the hip-hop pioneer abused and trafficked him when he was 12.As per Metropolis, the lawsuit was filed in the New York Supreme Court under the state’s Child Victims Act in August, on behalf of the plaintiff John Doe.