Around five women claimed to have been sexually assaulted by Wiz Khalifa and Kanye West stylists Ian Connor. In interview with the Daily Beast, Amber Rose claims that the number is near 21.
During the promotion of last year’s highly publicized Slut Walk, Rose said that women have reached out to her.
“Because I have my SlutWalk, all of the women [who’ve accused Ian Connor] have reached out to me as well,” said Rose. “They want to come to my SlutWalk and tell their story on my stage. I have that platform for them to do so. I’m not a lawyer. I can’t prosecute anyone or say, “What she’s saying is exactly the truth.” I wasn’t there. Honestly, seven came out and I’m pretty sure 21 women have reached out to me so far. So I’m assuming there are more [stories] coming out. It’s innocent until proven guilty, but when you have 21 women from all over the world that do not know each other but have similar stories, it gets to the point where it’s like … enough.”
Connor and Rose went back and forth following the story’s viral spread across the web.
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Hypebeasts around the world were shocked last week when former friends Theophilus London and Connor got into a scuffle in Paris. The feud spilled over into social media as the two went back and forth over Twitter. London accused Connor of being a rapist and Connor called London a heroin addicted child molester.
Speaking with Complex, London was responsible for Connor’s rise in popularity.
I nourished that kid,” London told the publication. “I took care of him. I don’t put kids on. I help them to try to give them the vision for them to see something. I put him on as far as his modeling career goes. Yeah, I started that for him by putting random T-shirts [on him]; I put clothes on his back. All the clothes that he was wearing for about a year or two were my clothes. And I started taking photos of him and putting them up, and I started getting a lot of attraction.”
Complex asked London about his early support of Connor after initial rape allegations surfaced before he wised up.
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“I wrote that [tweet accusing Connor of being a rapist] after the fact,” said London “Yo, you’re a fucking dirty rapist. I’m gonna fuck you up every time I see you.” That’s after the punch. That’s like two minutes. That’s me downstairs in the basement with the owner of Colette. That’s where that text came from. That’s why I told you [about the timeline], “Take that shit down.”Because you don’t have no context about it. Put it back up with the context, so women won’t hate me for acting like I knew something and didn’t come out. He will see his day in court. God is in control.”
According to London, the fight is rooted in jealousy and that Kanye fired him after the rape allegations surfaced.
“Nah, the fight at Colette was from jealousy,” he said. “He’s just jealous that I took a two-year break, and I came back from a two-year break, and I turned New York upside down. All his friends are on my dick. All his friends look up to me. So it’s just jealousy. It’s just hate. Kanye fired him. That’s all he had left, and that’s why he only kept promoting, “Kanye, Kanye, Kanye! My 9 to 5!” Putting videos of him and Kanye. It’s not a good look to Ye, because every time you write about this rapist, they gonna mention Kanye.”
In regards to Connor’s calling London a child molester, he said they are lies.
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“I don’t play when it comes to misusing the term “child molester,” said London. This guy’s a liar, and he’s dirty. He’s just upset that all his business got exposed, and he’s trying to dig deep in I don’t know what memory of his. He says he has proof of me molesting a child with no comeback of it.”
Currently, no charges have been pressed against Connor despite Malika Anderson coming out and saying so in April. So far, five more women have accused Connor of raping them with the stylists getting into a Twitter fight with one of his accusers.
