Actress/musician Keke Palmer provided some insight into why she’s taking legal action against Trey Songz after what she says was an unapproved video cameo.

While speaking with Larry King this week, Palmer revealed that she was merely attending a regular house party on New Year’s Eve when cameras started popping up. She added that she was drinking during the party and “wasn’t in the right mind” to appear in the “Pick Up The Phone” visual, which has now been taken down from YouTube.

“Well, it was a party. It was a regular party … It turned into a video … I wasn’t in the right mind,” Palmer said. “I had been drinking and eating and it wasn’t a professional environment. It was not a place where I’m like ‘I’m in the right mind to decide if this works with my brand.’ If I like the artist. I don’t know nothing about the artist that’s also in the song.”

Palmer explained that the producer, the assistant and Trey Songz all asked her to be in the video, but that she turned down each request.

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At one point, the actress says the R&B crooner used “sexual intimidation” to attempt to sway her decision.

“I feel as a female often I’m put in situations where sometimes males will use their masculinity, their sexuality to taunt you,” she said. “I hate to have to bring and say that. And make it known … People have gone through this all the time. In college, in high school. But these aren’t the things I’ve experienced.”

Palmer was first made aware of her cameo in the “Pick Up The Phone” video after a fan on Twitter shared a screen capture from the video. She then responded by blasting Songz on several of her social networking sites.

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She referred to the unauthorized cameo as “preposterous” and recalled hiding in a closet in order to avoid appearing in the video.

This is preposterous. How am I in this video Trey? After you found me in a closet HIDING because I was so afraid of anymore conflict. Literally my last option was to hide because you all would not listen when I said I did not want to be in the video the FIRST time. Just cause you give someone food and alcohol and throw in a little sexual intimidation doesn't mean they will buckle. Yet, you still disrespected me as a young women, whom you've known since she was TWELVE. YOU STILL, defied my wishes and in turn showed your lack of respect for a brand that took me fourteen years to build and put me in the video against my wishes. Come on bruh, I clearly said no and you said okay, yet I was being secretly filmed when you told me "let me just show you the idea"?? Wow. This is what I'm referring to in my previous post, this is the sexism and misogyny I refer to because if I was a dude, he wouldn't have even tried me like this. Let this be a lesson to all, I'm not for the bullshit. I'm serious about my business and you will not use my likeness without MY permission. When you in front of a boss you treat them like one, like I treat YOU. NO MEANS NO!!!!!!! People have to listen to women and stop questioning them and their intelligence. Speak up, cause when you look someone in the face and they say "I understand. You don't have to feel pressured to do the video" and they STILL put you in it, it is a violation. It would be great to be able to handle these things privately but why when they aren't respected?

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Songz has denied the accusations on social media.