TI is NOT returning to Ant-Man 3 … after women file allegations of sexual assault

Rapper TI will not return to his role in Ant-Man 3 due to a series of allegations of sexual assault recently discovered by The New York Times.

It is unclear whether TI was scheduled to be on Marvel Studios’ next Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, but he played Dave in the previous two films, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Dave is friends with Paul Rudd’s character, Scott Lang, and works as Lang’s escape driver during the robberies, according to the MCU.

TI and his wife Tiny are being sued for ‘defamation’ and ‘imposition of emotional distress’ by Sabrina Peterson, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Peterson filed a lawsuit against the couple – whose legal names are Clifford and Tameka Harrison – on Monday along with hairdresser Shekinah Joneshe after she said on social media in January that he pointed a gun at her and threatened to kill her after a fight with an assistant.

In response, Tiny, a singer in the R&B group Xscape, posted a photo with Sabrina’s eight-year-old son and said Peterson needs help and leave his family alone.

The couple’s lawyer, Steve Sadow, told TMZ that they ‘deny in the strongest possible terms these baseless and baseless allegations’ and added ‘these allegations are nothing more than the continuation of a sordid campaign of destruction that started on social media’ .

He said the couple “begs everyone not to be fooled by these obvious attempts to manipulate the press and abuse the justice system”.

TI also posted an eight-minute wandering video denying Peterson’s accusations and [unrelated/separate] allegations that he drugged and raped women.

In a statement to The Hollywood Reporter, Harrises ‘lawyer Andrew Brettler of Lavely & Singer said:’ Mrs. Peterson is the definition of ‘defamation proof. She has a long criminal record for crimes involving dishonesty and violence. Nothing our customers may have said about it is defamatory.

‘Ultimately, not only will Peterson’s meritless case be dismissed, but she will also be responsible for paying the legal fees that the Harris will be forced to incur in connection with this.’

Lawyer Tyrone A. Blackburn asked the California and Georgia authorities on Monday to open criminal investigations on behalf of 11 victims of ‘alleged cases of sexual abuse, assault and harassment from 2005 to 2018.’

Blackburn said some clients say they were “coerced by Tiny to take drugs or drugs administered without knowing to impair the victims’ ability to consent to subsequent vile sexual acts.”

Clifford Joseph Harris Jr., 40, and Tiny Harris, 45, should be investigated “under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) and the Georgia Rape, Kidnapping, RICO and Terrorist Threats statues,” said Blackburn.

“Clifford (TI) and Tameka Harris deny these unfounded and unfounded allegations in the strongest possible terms,” ​​said another family lawyer, Steve Sadow, of the statements made during the press conference.

“We are confident that if these complaints are fully and fairly investigated, no charges will be made. These allegations are nothing more than the continuation of a sordid campaign of extinction that began on social media. The Harris plead with everyone not to be fooled by these obvious attempts to manipulate the press and abuse the justice system.

Blackburn’s comments come after rapper Bring ‘Em Out, also known as Tip, and his wife were at the center of a story in The New York Times in which five women accused them of sexual misconduct.