T.I. and Tameka “Tiny” Harris.Photo: Prince Williams/WireImage
Production forT.I. & Tiny: Friends & Family Hustlehas been suspended as the couple disputes sexual abuse accusations, PEOPLE can confirm.
Filming for the VH1 hit’s fourth season began in December. A rep for the couple did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
Last week, T.I., 40, and Tiny, 45,threatened to sue a woman named Sabrina Petersonafter she came forward with several claims, which they deny, that the two forced women to take drugs and engage in sexual activity with them. Peterson also alleged in an Instagram video that T.I. (né Clifford Joseph Harris Jr.) “put a gun to my head in front of my children.”
Tiny Harris and T.I.Getty
When one Instagram user asked Peterson if T.I. really held a weapon on her, Peterson wrote, “Yes because I was beating up his fame assistant that was treating @majorgirl (Tiny) like a SLAVE.”
Harris responded to Peterson in T.I.’s defense, writing, “Hold up… So you want your abuser to train your sons? He was just uncle 2 years ago … 🤔 now when did you say my husband assaulted you? … Stop Harassing My Family. You strange.”
“[The couple is] taking this matter very seriously, and if these allegations don’t end, they will take appropriate legal action,” the statement continued.
Last week, Petersonshared an Instagram videoof herself receiving the results of what appeared to be a lie detector test she took in connection to the alleged 2007 gun incident.
Seemingly speaking of T.I. and Tiny, Peterson went on, “You now know BOTH OF THEM LIED ABOUT ME! Now I TRULY WONDER HOW MANY OTHERS THEY WILL LIE ABOUT.”
“STOP VICTIM SHAMING!” she wrote in a previous post. In another, Peterson added, “There’s a few DANGEROUS messages our culture is displaying. 1. Be honest but make sure your honesty doesn’t ruin the perspective of the masses. 2. If we are more familiar with the predator then the victim has to be lying.”
If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, please contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) or go torainn.org.
Darlene Aderoju
source: people.com
