Hip Hop Legend Afrika Bambaataa Sued For Child Sex Trafficking Young Boys

In a new lawsuit, a man alleges that Bambaataa abused and trafficked him since the age of 12. Afrika Bambaataa has been sued by a man who mentioned that the hip-hop pioneer abused and sex trafficked him from 1991 to 1995, beginning when the accuser was 12 years old, according to court documents viewed by The Lionel B Show. Bambaataa was around 33 or 34 years old at the beginning of the period in question. The lawsuit was filed in New York State Supreme Court on August 4th on behalf of a plaintiff identified as John Doe. The plaintiff lives in the Bronx and filed the lawsuit under the state’s 2019 Child Victims Act also known as CVA, which opened up a limited time window for adults to sue over childhood sexual abuse regardless of when it allegedly occurred.

According to the lawsuit, Doe was “repeatedly sexually abused and sex trafficked” by Bambaataa at the Bronx River Houses public housing project, where they both lived. The victim and his lawyers claim that Bambaataa “eventually began to inappropriately touch [Doe] in his private areas while [Doe] was in [Bambaataa’s apartment].” They also allege Bambaataa “eventually encouraged [Doe] to watch pornographic videos while in [Bambaataa]’s apartment,” which “progressed to mutual masturbation…and sodomy.” Additionally, they allege that Doe “became a victim of sex trafficking as [Bambaataa] would transport [Doe] to other locations and offer [him] for sex to other adult men. During said encounters [Bambaataa] would watch as [Doe] was