By Prince Hakeem
According to the Hollywood Reporter and other outlets, rapper-actor T.I. will not be returning for the third Ant-Man movie. This development comes amid legal trouble involving himself and his wife, Tiny.
The New York Times released a story detailing 11 individuals who have accused the Hustle Gang couple of sexual abuse.
The attorney representing these alleged victims, Tyrone A. Blackburn, has sent letters to the Attorney Generals of California and Georgia urging an investigation to be opened.
The letters detailed crimes which include forced ingestion of illegal narcotics, kidnapping, false imprisonment, intimidation, assault, and harassment.
An attorney for T.I. has flat out denied the charges in a released statement saying,
“Clifford (T.I.) and Tameka Harris (Tiny) deny in the strongest possible terms these unsubstantiated and baseless allegations. We are confident that if these claims are thoroughly and fairly investigated, no charges will be forthcoming.”
T.I. has played the character of ‘Dave’ within the two previous Ant-Man movies. In the movie, Dave is an associate of Paul Rudd’s Scott Lang. As a member of the X-Con Security crew alongside Luis and Kurt, played by Michael Pena and David Dastmalchian, he assisted Scott Lang’s Ant-Man on his superhero adventures.
Filming for Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania has not yet started. Production for the third is still in development, meaning things could change before filming starts.
