http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/5504/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/times-aching-singer-akon-dropped-verizon-simulated-sex-teen <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> The Times defends an R&amp;B singer who simulated sex onstage with a 14-year-old girl: &quot;Yet others say...Verizon acted unfairly, and perhaps without considering whether Akon could have known his onstage dance partner was under age.&quot; </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/clay-waters">Clay Waters</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>In Thursday's lead Arts story, Jeff Leeds wondered why the communications company Verizon is so uptight about R&B singer Akon simulating sex with a 14-year-old on stage at a concert in Trinidad - "<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/10/arts/music/10akon.html " target="_self">Verizon </a><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/10/arts/music/10akon.html ">Drops Pop Singer From Ads</a>." </p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/times-aching-singer-akon-dropped-verizon-simulated-sex-teen" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles TimesWatch Akon concert GwenStefani JeffLeed JeffLeeds music NewYorkTimes NYTimes TimesWatch TimesWatch.org Fri, 11 May 2007 17:09:00 +0000 admin 5578 at http://archive2.mrc.org