tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81565568936492052882011-11-27T15:56:26.298-08:00Rodo760http://www.blogger.com/profile/14901750706639509978noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8156556893649205288.post-81339422302677992562007-08-14T13:54:00.000-07:002007-08-14T13:56:01.065-07:00<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><a href="javascript:;" onclick="window.open('http://asp.usatoday.com/_common/_scripts/big_picture.aspx?width=490&height=512&storyURL=/life/people/2007-05-09-akon-apology_N.htm&imageURL=http://i.usatoday.net/life/_photos/2007/05/09/akonx-large.jpg','','width=490,height=512')"><img src="http://i.usatoday.net/life/_photos/2007/05/09/akonx.jpg" alt="&quot;I want to sincerely apologize for the embarrassment and any pain I've caused to the young woman who joined me onstage, her family and the Trinidad community for the events at my concert,&quot; Akon said in a statement." border="0" height="256" width="245" /></a></td><td rowspan="3" valign="top" width="20"><img src="http://i.usatoday.net/_common/_images/clear.gif" alt="" height="20" width="20" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="vaLink" height="18" width="80"><a href="javascript:;" onclick="window.open('http://asp.usatoday.com/_common/_scripts/big_picture.aspx?width=490&height=512&storyURL=/life/people/2007-05-09-akon-apology_N.htm&imageURL=http://i.usatoday.net/life/_photos/2007/05/09/akonx-large.jpg','','width=490,height=512')"><img src="http://i.usatoday.net/_common/_images/_inside/enlarge.gif" alt="Enlarge image" align="top" border="0" height="13" width="13" /></a> <a class="vaLink" href="javascript:;" onclick="window.open('http://asp.usatoday.com/_common/_scripts/big_picture.aspx?width=490&height=512&storyURL=/life/people/2007-05-09-akon-apology_N.htm&imageURL=http://i.usatoday.net/life/_photos/2007/05/09/akonx-large.jpg','','width=490,height=512')">Enlarge</a></td> <td class="photoCredit" align="right" width="165">By Scott Gries, Getty Images</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1"><img src="http://i.usatoday.net/_common/_images/clear.gif" alt="" height="14" width="1" /></td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="photoCredit"><span class="sidebar">"I want to sincerely apologize for the embarrassment and any pain I've caused to the young woman who joined me onstage, her family and the Trinidad community for the events at my concert," Akon said in a statement.<br /><br /></span></td> </tr> </tbody></table> <div id="va" style="float: left; z-index: -1;"> </div><!--startclickprintinclude--> <!-- EdSysObj ID="SandboxLede" FRAGMENTID="28681674" klopez --><script type="text/javascript">swapContent('firstHeader','applyHeader');</script><!--endclickprintexclude--><div class="inside-copy"><span style="font-weight: bold;">NEW YORK (AP) </span>— Akon, under fire for doing a sexually explicit dance onstage with a 14-year-old girl, has offered an apology to the teen and anyone else who was offended by the display.</div> <p class="inside-copy"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Akon,</span> whose hits include <i>Don't Matter,</i><i>I Wanna Love You</i> with Snoop Dogg and <i>Smack That</i> with Eminem, was videotaped simulating sex with a girl invited onstage as part of his act during an April 12 concert in Trinidad. After the video was circulated widely on the Internet, it was revealed that she was 14.</p> <p class="inside-copy"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Since </span>the incident, Verizon has pulled out as a sponsor of his tour with Gwen Stefani, for whom he wrote the hit <i>The Sweet Escape.</i></p> <p class="inside-copy"><span style="font-weight: bold;">In</span> a statement released Wednesday to The Associated Press, Akon, 34, said he was sorry for the incident but also said he didn't know the girl was underage.</p> <p class="inside-copy"><span style="font-weight: bold;">"I</span> want to sincerely apologize for the embarrassment and any pain I've caused to the young woman who joined me onstage, her family and the Trinidad community for the events at my concert," Akon said.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8156556893649205288-8133942230267799256?l=akonsorry.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rodo760http://www.blogger.com/profile/14901750706639509978noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8156556893649205288.post-29543786086342838642007-08-14T13:53:00.000-07:002007-08-14T14:06:16.739-07:00<p class="inside-copy"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">"It was never</span> my intention to embarrass or take advantage of my fans in any way, especially those under the age of 18. That is why we tried to make sure that the club did not admit anyone under 18 in the audience," he said. "Somehow, that standard was not met."</span></p><span style="font-size:130%;"> Akon's latest album, <i>Konvicted,</i> has sold more than 1 million copies in the United States</span><br /><br /><center><a href="http://www.newmusicvideos.ca/">Wath: Sorry Blame It One Me Video</a><br /><center><embed src="http://www.newmusicvideos.ca/play/17906.asx" autostart="true" showstatusbar="1" loop="false" height="340" width="415"></embed></center><br /><center><a href="http://www.newmusicvideos.ca/media/17906/Akon_Sorry_Blame_It_On_Me_Video/">Akon Sorry Blame It On Me Video</a></center></center><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8156556893649205288-2954378608634283864?l=akonsorry.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rodo760http://www.blogger.com/profile/14901750706639509978noreply@blogger.com0