*Music journalist Touré Neblett has responded to a makeup artist’s claims that he sexual harassed her in 2017.
As reported by MadameNoire, her claim came to light when a clip of Touré’s sit down with podcast The ClubHouse appeared on Instagram, and user @danimakeup responded with: “But @toureshow used to sexually harass me? How that work?”
When people pressed her about the comment, Dani explained:
“every Monday I used to work with him on a show in 2017 and he couldn’t stop asking me to do anal, how I looked naked, if I had sex over the weekend, what it would be like to f*ck me, what his cum would look like on my face…I had to have the crew stay in the room with me while I got him ready…and when I left I called HR…he got fired instantly. He wrote me a huge apology for doing that in my DMs. Still, have it. He did a 20/20 shoot in 2018 and I was there and he walked out. Told the producer that he was ‘embarrassed bc he was inappropriate with a “staff member” he really needs to take a seat.”
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How is it @RCARecords didn’t dump R. Kelly today???#SurvivingRKelly
— Touré (@Toure) January 7, 2019
Essence reached out to Dani and she shared additional details about her experience. She came forward with her story because she found it sickening that Touré was doing interviews about the allegations of sexual misconduct leveled against Harvey Weinstein.
“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. 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.”
Dani also provided Essence with the apology Touré sent her via her DMs.
Touré, meanwhile, has issued a response through 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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