Dani, a makeup artist revealed that Toure sexually harassed her repeatedly in the past. She claims he would make inappropriate comments to her every Monday on a show they both were working on in 2017.
Dani visited ESSENCE and explained why she decided to call out Toure , especially since she was told by a male makeup artist he harassed him also.
She mentioned how sick it was of him to pen a relationship book when he was saying these type of things to her as a married man with children. Toure has been married to Rita Nakouzi since 2005. They have 2 children together.
Toure allegedly made comments about "anal" sex, how she looked naked, what it would be like to have sex with her and what his "c*m" would look like on her face.
Toure issued a response to ESSENCE about the allegations via his rep:
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Dani said after watching Toure on "Surviving R. Kelly," she knew she had to call him out on his lies.“He went on Hot97 to talk about Harvey Weinstein (after he apologized). I accepted his apology and was ok to move on but, you can’t be a sexual predator and go around shaming other predators,” she said.
“When I saw him going around as R. Kelly’s docuseries spokesman to different radio stations, the lies had to stop. I’ve worked with Mouse Jones before and wanted him to know the truth,” she said.
In her initial posts, she mentioned she had direct messages from Toure where he apologized for "contributing to a whole environment of BS."
"I love you. I was always kidding. But I'm sorry. I was being stupid. I should've kept my mouth shut," Toure wrote to Dani.
"The way I teased you is no longer funny to me. I had no idea how rampany it is and how much it gets in a working woman's way and how I was contributing to a whole environemnt of BS. And I hate that. I'm not playing like that with you or anyone anymore," he continued."I genuinely like you as a friend and I don't want you to feel disrespected by me. That would be so embarrasing to me. I'm just not going to be part of the BS that women have to go through. So don't worry about hearing anything about me. I don't want to be that guy. Lord no. I'm sorry. Please don't talk badly about me! I'm so ashamed to think of that happening."
She got receipts;
Toure issued a response to ESSENCE about the allegations via his rep:
“On the show, our team, including myself, engaged in edgy, crass banter, that at the time I did not think was offensive for our tight-knit group. I am sorry for my language and for making her feel uncomfortable in any way. As a lead on the show, I should have refrained from this behavior. I have learned and grown from this experience.”
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