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Hip Hop Pioneer May Have Fled the United States to Avoid Child Sex Trafficking Lawsuit
Bronx–In a new filing dated August 11, 2022, John Doe’s attorney Hugo Ortega asked Judge Alicia Gerez for a 60-day adjournment to track down Afrika Bambaataa who has been unresponsive to a year-long civil lawsuit.
Bambaataa, whose real name is Lance Taylor, stayed in the home of deceased Zulu member Kenny Smith aka Lord Yoda X. Smith died in September 2020 and, according to sources, Bambaataa remained in the house.
According to the filing in Bronx Supreme Court, the “building is now vacant and in the throes of a complete rehab.”
Sources now say Bambaataa may have fled the United States altogether.
Bambaataa and the Zulu Nation are being sued by an anonymous man who alleges Bambaataa abused and trafficked him over several years beginning at age 12.
Several more men are ready to offer testimony corroborating John Doe’s claims with their own stories of abuse they say Bambaataa committed when they were underage.
In a recent development, Ronald Savage, who brought his story of abuse to the public in 2016, has since forgiven Bambaataa and indicated that Zulu Nation friends pass messages to him from Bambaataa.
He also recently said on video that Bambaataa is living overseas. (Both audios are below)
Smith was a Bambaataa loyalist to the very end and stayed with Bambaataa when the Zulu Nation split. Neighbors confirm Bambaataa had been living at the Teaneck address where occupants received court summonses on Bambaataa’s behalf.
The other survivors are standing by for court action and they hope Bambaataa is found. “He should not be able to get away with this scot-free,” said one man.
If you have information on the whereabouts of Lance Taylor aka Afrika Bambaataa please contact us right away.
Although this is a civil suit, there is no federal statute of limitations for child sex trafficking. Metropolis
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In a new filing dated August 11, 2022, John Doe’s attorney Hugo Ortega asked Judge Alicia Gerez for a 60-day adjournment to track down Afrika Bambaataa who has been unresponsive to a year-long civil lawsuit.
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I was never planning to let these other Zulu Nation members off the hook by focusing on Bambaataa only.
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