- by Jason Gregory
- Sunday, September 07, 2008
- filed in: R 'n' B
US R&B star Akon was misrepresented by a video which appeared to show him striking two female fans, new footage has revealed.
Fan footage from a concert in Guyana, South America last week showed the singer crowd surfing to a podium in the crowd.
He then seemed to push two women from the podium using his forearm.
But new footage, taken from a different angle, shows Akon, whose real name is Aliaune Thian, pull the women back up to dance with him on the podium.
In a statement released to Gigwise, concert promoters Hits and Jam Entertainment said they were “shocked” by the suggestion that Thian had treated fans badly.
“There were no incident reports stemming from the event. Despite a late start, the concert was a tremendous success and we hope that Akon will come back soon,” they added.
As previously reported on Gigwise, Thian is to stand trial later this year for throwing a fan off stage during a concert in New York last year.
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