Kehlani is speaking out after being sexually assaulted as she was walking through the audience after a recent concert. In a since-deleted Instagram story posted on Monday, the singer, who just wrapped up the European stretch of their Blue Water Road Trip tour, claimed a fan put their “hands up my skirt & started pulling my underwear to touch my genitals.”
“I’ve made video after video after video and deleted it because I don’t want any video of me as angry, triggered, crying upset as I am anywhere,” Kehlani started the statement.
Continuing, “I don’t care how sexual you deem my music, my performances, my fun with my friends dancing at clubs, or ME… That does not give any of you the right to cross a boundary like sticking your hands up my skirt & pulling my underwear to TOUCH MY GENITALS as I am being escorted through a crowd after performing. This s*** made me sick to my stomach. As a victim of sexual assault, I am endlessly triggered and mindblown.”
A couple of days later, Kehlani took to TikTok with a video to further addressed the claim. Reassuring her fans that she’s “good” and at home with family, and as for those the “negative” comments and assumptions she’s received since posting about the alleged event, she has “zero comment.”
“I put it out there, what happened, so that I can set a proper boundary with my audience, with my fanbase — the people who do come to see me out or come to a concert,” Kehlani said. “I set that boundary so that you guys can know how to please just respect me as a human, me as an individual.”
Kehlani closed out the vid by thanking fans who have shown support, adding, “I am going back to my regularly scheduled program and tour resumes in January. So I’ll see you then.”
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