Azealia Banks has accused Russell Crowe of choking her, after an altercation on Saturday night apparently led the actor to grab her in a “bear hug” and remove her from his hotel room.
The 52-year-old actor held a party in a Beverly Hills hotel room, and there was a clash after Azealia Banks was rude about Crowe’s music selection, calling him and another party goer “boring white men”, leading to claims that the rapper accused him of choking her, spitting at her, calling her n****r and throwing her out.+
According to the Telegraph, the American rapper said “I think he’s a racist, misogynist pig, this is a stain on me. My femininity feels stained. I feel stained as a woman, I feel mishandled, I feel mistreated, I feel dirty. I feel very f—— low.”
However, Crowe has denied that he was violent or used racist behaviour at the party. One source, close to Crowe said that Banks was “abrasive, shocking, rude, offensive, abusive and erratic.” The source told the Sun that Banks “used the N-word repeatedly and hurled that insult at others repeatedly. Russell never used that word.”
Banks is said to have then raised a glass, threatening to throw it, leading Crowe to grab her in a “bear hug” and remove her from the suite. Security guards then came to remove her from the hotel grounds.
The Daily Mail has reported that an insider from the party has claimed that the rappers story has ‘changed dramatically’ since Sunday, adding that of the ten people who were in the room, nine agreed on what happened. “There were ten people present at the time this incident occurred. They have all provided statements. All of their statements are completely inconsistent with Ms. Banks.
“Russell behaved like a hero. He acted in defense of his guests and removed her from his suite.” The source claimed her ‘vile and offensive behavior’ was triggered by her finding it ‘corny’ that everyone was listening to music which she apparently didn’t like.
UPDATE:
It’s been reported that Banks is no longer signing with RZA’s record label, due to the fact that RZA wouldn’t back her up.
