Soulja Boy took the stand in his sexual assault civil trial on Tuesday.
According to Rolling Stone, the rapper strongly denied accusations in a lawsuit filed by a woman who allegedly lived with him and worked as his personal assistant. Soulja Boy, whose real name is DeAndre Cortez Way, faces allegations of sexual battery, rape, assault, false imprisonment, emotional distress, unpaid overtime, and creating a hostile work environment.
When questioned if he ever hit his accuser in the mouth and forced oral sex, Soulja Boy answered, “Of course not, and that’s a disgusting allegation. It sounds crazy to me. I did not do that.”
The 34-year-old admitted to having a sexual encounter with the woman when cops showed up at his rental property with a search warrant, but insisted she consented. “I asked her if she wanted to have sex, and she was engaged in it,” he said. “She didn’t push me or say stop, nothing like that.”
Soulja Boy testified previously after being called as a hostile witness by Doe’s lawyer. During that questioning, he denied she was his personal assistant. The court then viewed video footage of him shopping on Rodeo Drive in Jan. 2019, where he can be heard asking, “Where’s [Doe]? Where’s my assistant?”
The woman later appeared carrying his shopping bags.
“We were in a public setting, and I didn’t want to refer to her as ‘blunt roller’ with cameras and people around,” Soulja Boy explained. “I thought it was more appropriate to call her ‘assistant.'”
The rapper claimed he gave her housing, and her job was “rolling weed.”
Doe testified last month, describing months of alleged physical, sexual and verbal abuse. “I wanted to die,” the woman said. “I didn’t want to be there anymore. I just wanted to go home.”
The lawsuit claims Soulja Boy punched her in the head “at least 10 times,” raped her multiple times, and trapped her in rooms for days, while also withholding food.
