ASAP Bari Accused of Sexual Harassment After Graphic Video Surfaces (UPDATE)

Bari has called the alleged video "fake."

UPDATED 7/13/17 at 10:20 p.m. ET: ASAP Bari has responded to the allegations of sexual assault, calling the now-viral clip "misleading," as well as denying the reports of his arrest.

"A misleading video clip featuring adult content and activity has been released to the public without my knowledge or consent," Bari said in the statement. "Comments about myself or anyone being detained or arrested are false. We have resolved this issue amicably among all parties as adults. We were friends before this and will remain friends afterwards. Being raised by strong women who taught me to respect everyone, I’m disappointed in the situation as well as myself and will reflect on the situation appropriately."

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Read the original story below:

Last night, video surfaced showing a man who appears to be ASAP Mob co-founder and Vlone designer ASAP Bari telling a woman "you fucked my assistant, now you're going to suck my dick." The video, according to Reddit, was first shared via @SoledOut and other Instagram accounts before being deleted. 

The brief clip is captioned with the phrase "what that mouth do bitch" and shows a man wearing a red Supreme x Louis Vuitton sweater who appears to be Bari, pulling the sheets off a naked woman as she struggles to hide beneath them and telling her to perform oral sex on him. Another man appears with the woman in bed, while another is heard commenting as he shoots the video. The woman, clearly distraught, is heard saying "Stop it, stop Bari . . . honestly" before walking out of the room. She's followed by a person who appears to be Bari, who slaps her on the buttocks as she walks away from the bed.

A photo taken a few days prior to the video surfacing shows Bari at the London Wireless Festival wearing what appears to be the same ripped denim shorts and red Supreme x Louis Vuitton sweater with a black shirt layered underneath seen in the video.

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Twitter account @chasinfoodstmps said Wednesday night that she was the woman in the clip, alleging that "Bari and his crew" forced her into bed and "Bari got upset because I refused to engage in any sexual acts." The account also claimed that Bari had since been "apprehended" by "U.K. police forces."​

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In since-removed tweets, Bari called the video fake:

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As discussion on the alleged incident carried over onto Reddit and Kanyetothe threads, stylist/creative Ian Connor—who was seen on video fighting with Bari at the Colette store in Paris last year—seemingly addressed the footage in a series of tweets. In the tweets, Connor said he was going to "upload a video," presumably related to the Bari allegations.

In 2016, Connor faced multiple sexual assault accusations of his own. Thursday, Connor replied to a tweet that said "Does it matter if Ian Connor was set up? He's still trash" with "Sad." Connor also alluded to being set up, sharing an image of @thelifeofmalij at "the AWGE/VLONE house" and telling his followers to "do the math."

 

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UK authorities, @SoledOut, the woman who claims to appear in the video, and reps for Bari, Nike, and Vlone did not immediately respond to Complex's request for comment.

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