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(8,556 posts) Fri Feb 3, 2012, 08:19 PM Feb 2012

Jamaican dancehall star Elephant Man arrested on rape charges [View all]

'Popular Dancehall recording artist Elephant Man has been arrested on rape charges in Jamaica. According to local media, Elephant Man aka O'Neil Bryan, known widely for collaborations with popular stateside Hip Hop acts, was arrested earlier this week and is in court Wednesday over charges that he raped a woman at his home in St. Andrew.

"Elephant Man has been taken into police custody and is being questioned by detectives from the Centre for Investigation of Sexual Offences and Child Abuse (CISOCA)," reports The Jamaica Observer. "The entertainer, whose real name is Oneil Bryan, was arrested at his St Andrew home on Monday after a woman filed a police report alleging that she was sexually assaulted by the artiste."'

http://www.examiner.com/urban-pop-in-national/dancehall-artist-elephant-man-arrested-court-on-rape-charges

Elephant Man has previously been in the news for his homophobic lyrics, which include several songs where he boasts about his desire to kill gay people. Here are some examples:

http://jasmynecannick.typepad.com/jasmynecannickcom/2007/06/homophobic-regg.html

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Jamaican dancehall star Elephant Man arrested on rape charges [View all] RZM Feb 2012 OP

Figures. Violent homophobic fantasies, violence against women, they usually go together. yardwork Feb 2012 #1

He has denied the charges RZM Feb 2012 #2

We're no fans of that asshole Elephant Man but malaise Feb 2012 #3

Are you saying that a 31 year old can't be raped? And she was asking for it because she was there? yardwork Feb 2012 #4

I knew this response was coming malaise Feb 2012 #6

In other words, you knew what you said was insensitive and indefensible. yardwork Feb 2012 #7

Not in the least malaise Feb 2012 #9

Don't hide behind "this is my culture." Rape is never ok and neither are excuses for it. yardwork Feb 2012 #10

So, date rape doesn't exist in some cultures? obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #11

Sort of like gay people don't exist in Jamaica. Or so I've been told. yardwork Feb 2012 #13

Blatantly offensive. The remark about "knowing the culture" gets Mira Feb 2012 #12

+1 obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #14

+1 redqueen Feb 2012 #53

+2 Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2013 #61

This post--full of false accusations--is the one that deserves to be hidden in this thread. MADem Feb 2012 #17

What you said has nothing to do with whether or not he's guilty obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #8

I guess that's what trials are for RZM Feb 2012 #5

you make me sick. nt La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2012 #15

So you think this was a groupie just looking to cash in? Snake Alchemist Feb 2012 #16

That could be. DevonRex Feb 2012 #19

There's no problem with sentence construction. MADem Feb 2012 #26

Ok. I'm gonna rethink this DevonRex Feb 2012 #31

Any time. MADem Feb 2012 #33

Agreed. N/T Raine1967 Feb 2012 #36

I agree (nt) MichaelMcGuire Feb 2012 #49

What I think is irrelevant malaise Feb 2012 #21

I know what malaise is referring to.. HipChick Feb 2012 #23

the problem is indeed cultural SwampG8r Feb 2012 #46

Some folks have their agenda malaise Feb 2012 #50

That doesn't even make sense. DevonRex Feb 2012 #18

malaise, please tell me you didn't mean this the way it sounds, that a woman can't be raped if uppityperson Feb 2012 #20

That is not what ***she*** said, at ALL. MADem Feb 2012 #25

I have read it, many times, and still raed it that way obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #27

You need to work on your reading comprehension, then. MADem Feb 2012 #32

Which is why I ASKED her to answer. Thank you. It could simply be one of those internets uppityperson Feb 2012 #29

She never once said she agreed with the prevailing sentiment in JA. MADem Feb 2012 #30

Yes, I did ask that. Here, since it may be confusing who you are replying to, will copy/paste uppityperson Feb 2012 #35

She NEVER SAID THAT, though. Read the doggone sentence. MADem Feb 2012 #39

I asked, politely. And I am waiting to hear directly from the person I politely asked. uppityperson Feb 2012 #41

I never said what is being suggested here malaise Feb 2012 #51

Thanks for that Malaise, it seemed like a really really odd thing for you. uppityperson Feb 2012 #54

No snow here malaise Feb 2012 #60

Why don't you let Malaise Texasgal Feb 2012 #38

She has. Go look for it. nt MADem Feb 2012 #40

I'm not finding Texasgal Feb 2012 #42

She didn't have to "defend" it. MADem Feb 2012 #43

Then why are you? Texasgal Feb 2012 #45

She never answered any of our questions in this thread obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #44

Yes, she has. nt MADem Feb 2012 #55

i read it this way too SwampG8r Feb 2012 #47

I didn't take that from what she said. She merely provided 'information'. People are jumping all sabrina 1 Feb 2012 #34

I. Am. Not. Attacking. But. ASKING. for clarification. uppityperson Feb 2012 #37

RatidClaut...Do you have access to Google? HipChick Feb 2012 #48

Just laugh malaise Feb 2012 #52

HA! MADem Feb 2012 #56

What exactly does her age have to do with it? redqueen Feb 2012 #22

Never heard of date/acquaintance rape??? Odin2005 Feb 2012 #24

what does any of that have to do with anything? seriously? nt arely staircase Feb 2012 #28

Sounds like Jamaica... MellowDem Feb 2012 #57

that's a nasty and offensive generalisation of Jamaicans. Sea-Dog Feb 2012 #58

Really? MellowDem Feb 2012 #59