Artist who painted President Obama’s official portrait accused of sexual assault
One of the accusers, Ghanaian artist Joseph Awuah-Darko, has claimed in an Instagram post that in 2021 Wiley assaulted him twice.But on Tuesday, Wiley published on Instagram alleged records of Awuah-Darko messaging him and “professing his love for me, my talent, and my work,” since the alleged 2021 incident.
Wiley’s works sell for hundreds of thousands at auction, and he’s a favorite of celebrity collectors such as Elton John, Spike Lee, Alicia Keys and Venus Williams.Saying he is the victim of a “reckless smear campaign,” Wiley has now accused Awuah-Darko of conspiring with Ingram, “a person I had a brief consensual encounter with in 2021; this person had also hoped for a more significant relationship,” he wrote via his social media post.
“What is motivating these individuals to hurl these disgusting accusations… Who knows…. We live in a world where a single false social media post can destroy someone’s life, where people are tried and convicted online without regard for the truth. This is dangerous and wrong,” Wiley said.A source close to the artist told Page Six, “Kehinde is fed up and he is not going to be a punching bag for these spurious allegations.
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