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Singer and producer The-Dream has been accused of rape and sexual battery in a lawsuit filed by his former protégée. Chanaaz Mangroe, 33, who performed under the name Channii Monroe, filed the lawsuit Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, alleging that the hitmaker lured her into an abusive and sexually violent relationship while promising to help launch her career as an artist.
During one incident cited in the suit, the producer allegedly locked Mangroe in a dark room while they were at a recording studio and “violently” had sex with her before leaving her alone for hours. He later returned “to again have sex with her and demand that she tell him she loved him,” according to the suit. Mangroe, still hopeful for her big break, tried to convince herself that the sex was consensual, the lawsuit says. The-Dream also controlled Mangroe’s stay in the U.S.
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