"Ashanti most definitely dodged a bullet": Internet reacts as Irv Gotti is sued for alleged s*xual assault in Miami 

Murder Inc. Records co-founder and music producer Irv Gotti has been accused of s*xually assaulting a woman who had further sued him in a suit filed on Thursday, July 11, 2024.

Trigger warning: The article contains references to r*pe and s*xual assault. Readers' discretion is advised.

Irv Gotti have been accused by a woman, (Image via @Jose_D_Duran/X)

The complainant, identified as Jane Doe, claimed that Gotti has s*xually assaulted her on multiple occasions for two years from 2020 to 2022, in Atlanta, Saint Martin, and Miami. The lawsuit read:

"As a result of this s*xually abusive relationship, Plaintiff has suffered severe emotional and psychological harm for which she had to be committed to a psychiatric ward."

The woman claimed that she met Gotti through a mutual friend, back in 2020 and he allegedly invited her on a vacation in Saint Martin. She accused him of r*ping her there on the trip.

The complainant claimed that she began dating him shortly after the trip, and was often faced abuse, that mostly included forceful s*x. According to the suit,

"Due to his power and influence in the music world, she complied."

The lawsuit also alleged Gotti of forcing her to do oral s*x in Miami in January 2022, at the Four Seasons Hotel elevetor. According to the suit, shortly after this incident the relationship ended.

The suit further claimed that the damages allegedly caused due to the relationship affect the complainant even in the present.

Internet had further reacted on the recent set of allegations against Gotti. One Instagram user cited Gotti's controversy with Ashanti, and commented,

"Ashanti most definitely dodged a bullet."

A fan referred to Gotti's controversy with Ashanti, (Image via @theneighborhoodtalk/Instagram)

One fan took to X, and wrote,

"First Diddy n now Irv Gotti."

"Diddy, r kelly, irv gotti... god knows how many predators in the music industry are still roaming around the streets," added a tweet.

Several other netizens took to X, formerly known as Twitter, and mentioned that they were not surprised with the r*pe allegations against Gotti. One user wrote,

"I’m not surprised about this one bit."

"After seeing his obsession with Ashanti, I believe it," wrote another one.

"Not surprised. He always moved funny when it came to Ashanti," read a tweet.

As of now, no details have been recovered about any attorney being appointed to the music producer.

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Exploring the drama that unfolded between Ashanti and Irv Gotti

Singer Ashanti and Gotti first met each other in the 1990s. Back then, he was busy building up his record label Murder Inc., which later signed several artists including Ashanti.

In August 2022, the record producer appeared on the Drink Champs podcast and claimed that he had a romantic relationship with Ashanti. A few months later, in October 2022, the singer and actress appeared for an interview on the Angie Martinez IRL podcast.

She addressed the "relationship" claims and said,

"Let’s clear this up. We’re not gonna say relationship. We dealt with each other, but was Irv my boyfriend? Was I his girlfriend? Never…Irv had several girlfriends, so I’m a little confused by the label and the description."

In the same interview, Ashanti further claimed that Irv had lied about the nature of the relationship that they shared. While she referred that there were many lies being told, she chose to not expose them claiming that she was in a good space then and didn't want to dig up mud.

Ashanti and Irv Gotti had worked closely for quite a long time, which eventually led people to assume that there was a intimate relationship between them. It was even assumed that they were dating while Irv was in a marriage. On the 2022 Drink Champs podcast episode , Irv claimed that they were madly in love, but things didn't work out which led to the separation.

After the podcast, Irv also received bashing from fans and celebrities too, including Fat Joe. People called him out for his comments made on Ashanti, on the podcast. Amongst many claims that Irv Gotti made on the podcast, one was that Ashanti's hit song Happy, came to form after they slept together. The 43-year-old singer, however, claimed that things happened differently. She said,

"I’m trying to figure out, like, what made him even say that. Was I there? I’m confused. I don’t remember this at all. I wrote ‘Happy’ in the parking lot of a C.W. post college."

It could be concluded that the drama unfolded between Ashanti and Irv Gotti, primarily after the controversial 2022 podcast episode. Netizens are now eagerly to know further updates about Irv's recent s*xual assault allegations by Jane Doe.