Celebrity Justice
Akon Charged in Crazy Stage Toss Incident

Akon! WTF? There's no need to throw a kid off the stage! Cops apparently agree and have now charged the R&B singer with misdemeanor endangering the welfare of a minor and second-degree harassment.


The charges stem from an incident last June in upstate NY when he was performing at a concert and someone in the crowd allegedly threw something at the singer on stage. Akon asked the crowd to point out the culprit. A security guard picked a 15-year-old out from the crowd and sent him up to the stage, where Akon hoisted him onto his shoulders and flung him into the crowd. Smack that! The kid landed on another teen who told the local paper she was later diagnosed with a concussion.

Akon is scheduled to appear in a local court on Monday for arraignment. Locked up!



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61. krap.

Posted at 12:38AM on Nov 30th 2007 by beaver

62. #58

I agree. That little punk. Who does he think he is to do something like that. Stupid kid.

For all the people saying Akon is wrong... what if that happened to you if you were out with your family, or girlfriend, or at the grocery store etc etc. You would of killed the little fool for thinking he's funny.

Akon didnt even try to hurt him he threw him in a crowd of people. I would of b***h slapped the kids face off.

Posted at 12:41AM on Nov 30th 2007 by I agree

63. A 15 year old kid is not a child. That clown is in highschool. If he is man enough to throw something in another persons face he better be man enough to deal with the consequences. If it was a big football player 15 year old that kicked Akons a** for trying that we wouldn't be saying anything...So that little bum deserved what he got.

As for someone having a concussion..Yeah right. Im sure the Kid Landed directly on top of Just one persons head..Give me a F'n break.

Posted at 12:51AM on Nov 30th 2007 by 15 is no child

64. Love his music- but should be locked in the studio. He's as out of control on stage as Britney is in public!!!!!

Posted at 1:04AM on Nov 30th 2007 by P-Type

65. akon is a effin loser. as if
any of you give a crap.
convict.

Posted at 1:34AM on Nov 30th 2007 by celebrity.web.net

66. How stupid is this guy. He gave no thought to the situation except getting even for his crushed ego while a girl sits with a concusion.

Posted at 2:09AM on Nov 30th 2007 by hmm seems like Ive heard this before

67. Misdemeanor? If he wasn't Akon, he'd have been arrested and charged with a felony!

Posted at 4:03AM on Nov 30th 2007 by Justin S.

68. IT IS BILLED AS A FAMILY EVENT...IT WASN'T.

And for that gir who said thatthis isn' upstate NY-- yes, it's near westchester, but we are considered upstate.

Posted at 6:49AM on Nov 30th 2007 by writer

69. That is disgusting!! Did the poor talentless ass get hurt by whatever was thrown? Obviously not...loser!!
As for the comment from post #7 re: the security guard...the guard probably had NO idea what was coming...

Posted at 6:51AM on Nov 30th 2007 by my2cents

70. Good! But, that looks more like a felony. AGG.ASSAULT

SO un-called for!

Ever hear of "THINKING" (before) you do things?

Posted at 6:55AM on Nov 30th 2007 by who?

71. The whole bunch!!! This is not artistic talent.
Nursery Rhymes with a thump

As for the comment about loser Mom Spears and what she does is OK? Dude your perception did not mature past the first grade. Don't you notice a persons character? Normal actions/Normal behavior. Get past the color so that you can OBSERVE the person.

What an aweful "life" it would be; flocking with the wrong bird, just because of the COLOR of his feathers! Can you say, "Tunnel Vision?" I see now why the prison population is over-crowded with thugs. You just follow their color and never see right OR wrong.



Posted at 7:38AM on Nov 30th 2007 by WoW!

72. This MANs maturity IS of that 15 year old KIDs
Who is the adult?

Posted at 7:50AM on Nov 30th 2007 by no brainer

73. What's up with that misdemeanor charge? This was a 15-year-old minor who was physically assaulted by an adult. The charge should be felony assault on a minor. We had a similar assault by a convenience store owner in our neighborhood about 5 years ago and the man was sentenced to 18 months in prison. The only difference I see is that this misdemeanor charge is against a black man who assaulted a 15-year-old white boy and the felony assault on a minor charge against the convenience store owner in our neighborhood was a white man who assaulted a 15-year-old black boy. The kid was barred from coming in the store after a couple shoplifting incidents and when he came in again he cursed the store owner when the owner told him to get out of the store. The store owner lost his temper and grabbed the kid by the back of his shirt and dragged him out of the store to the trash dumpster and then hoisted the kid up and body slammed him into the dumpster. For that he was sentenced to 18 months in prison on a felony charge because the kid was a 15-year-old minor... and because the kid was black and because a couple black churches organized a racial protest after the incident. But in this incident there is only a misdemeanor charge against a black adult who assaulted a 15-year-old white boy. What's wrong with that picture?

Posted at 7:54AM on Nov 30th 2007 by KJ

74. It's funny how people defend rap, it's a vile and nasty lifestyle that's made the inner cities war zones. How many country singer have been gunned down by other country singer? It's rap, because rap isn't about music it's about violents, abuse of women and it's not being accountable for the things you do that are wrong. Defend it all you want, just watch as your neighborhood is torn apart and say it people like Dog is doing it, not rap and the thugs involved in this vile lifestyle!!!

Posted at 8:15AM on Nov 30th 2007 by Lenn K.

75. Rap artists are nothing more than people that can not sing a tune. I would sue his ass off if those were my kids. Especially the poor gir the kid landed on. It was uncalled for and the security guard and the whole organization should be held accountable. SECURITY is there for your SECURITY !!! Hillary sucks!! (shoulda done that for the prez years ago)

Posted at 8:33AM on Nov 30th 2007 by Jack Schitt

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