On Christmas Eve of all days, shocking footage hit the net of Raz-B and his brother Ricky Romance making claims that Chris Stokes (manager of Omarion and Marques Houston) molested them as well as other members in the group. He also makes molestation charges against Marques Houston. I will let the videos speak for themselves.
Part 1- Raz-B speaks to Marques Houston’s Family
Part 2- Ricky Romance confronts Chris Stokes on the phone
Allhiphop.com has a letter from Ricky Romance on the matter, here is an excerpt:
” I know everyone has heard the stories about Chris being a pedophile. That’s true as well. Somebody needs to call the DA that’s on Michael Jackson’s back because he could get a conviction on this case. Okay, I’ll take my time with this one. Remember, Quindon? Everyone may be wondering where he is. Well he lives in Texas now and he is a born-again Christian. When he joined his church, he stood up to testify. He told his entire congregation that while his was a young boy being managed by Chris Stokes, Chris used to molest him. He spoke of a “secret group” of them (Marques Houston included) that used to jack each other off and perform oral sex on each other but no penetration. I know yall are reading this like “this person is trippin” but I have no reason to lie. I have seen this drama unfold for years. I was never told this story. I watched it play out from the time IMX was Immature (before LDB came along) until this very second. CHris had even been to court before behind a similar situation. Do your research if you want to know about that one. All this sudden success stuff you see going on with TUG and Chris Stokes are ALL THANKS TO JARELL, DREUX, MARIO and OMARI. Chris has been in the industry and nobody has wanted to mess with him but the industry already wanted B2K before Chris pulled a shady and stole them. So in order to get to B2K, they had to deal with Chris. There is over 10 years of history I could give you about that camp but there is not enough time in the world.
I just wanted to say all this because B2K, all four members, are another set of victims at the hand of a sick man, Chris Stokes. The other three got smart (I am so proud of them) and Omari is being brainwashed. He’s a good kid but that’s what he is when it’s all said and done…a kid. Omari doesn’t have a voice of reason in his corner. The person who should be his voice of reason is also brainwashed. Good luck Omari. To all the B2K fans, I know yall are hurt. This is the way I felt when Jodeci broke up. But everything is going to come out. Just continue to support the boys and pray for them, especially Omari, he needs it.”
Chris Stokes responded to these allegations with this statement:
The accusations that Demario “Raz B” Thorton and Ricardo Thorton have made are vehemently false and hold no merit. I have recently stopped financially supporting both individuals along with assisting them with their criminal and legal matters which leads me to believe they are resentful and looking to benefit financially from this. My family is my first priority and the reason why I have been so supportive of them. In bringing these false claims, they have not only slandered me, they have also put me in a position to ensure that the truth is known and I will take all legal routes to protect myself, my family and my four children. It’s also quite ironic that these statements were made only 2 weeks after they were denied admittance by a venue for an event I hosted in Beverly Hills.”
Wow…this a pretty crazy and unexpected story developing. I really don’t know how to call this one. Making up molestation charges, which is already a very taboo subject, seems like an incredibly extreme thing to do in response to being denied financial assistance and entrance into a party…so I’m less inclined to believe that it what is happening here. Honestly, when it comes to Show biz nothing surprises me, and I can’t put anything past anybody…so I’m just going to remain on the fence. However, if these allegations are in fact true then Chris definitely belongs in prison. It’s very suspect to air him out through You Tube, but I will give him credit for speaking on such a painful (if true) topic…even though it could’ve been done in a more legitimate way. We’ll see how this story develops over the next few weeks, but there is plenty of mud being thrown each direction. Ray-J has even gotten into the mix with a song calling out Chris Stokes and Marques Houston (Click here to listen). I guess everyone is trying to make some money off this. At any rate…it’s a terrible situation that we may never know the entire truth about.
What do you guys think of these allegations? Is Raz-B’s timing a little suspect or is it just important that he spoke up? Is he making this up for attention or could there be some truth to what he is saying? Did their families accept what was going on because the boys were making so much money? Does this make you look at B2K, Marques Houston, and Omarion any differently?
P.S.- Let’s keep the discourse at a reasonably intelligent level.
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This whole situation is so crazy that I am speechless… and that rarely happens. Stokes has always seemed like a sleezy type of guy… like many in the music industry… but to go as far as molesting these child stars. Man this is crazy… I dont look at any of the guys differently but the way the group broke up makes a lot more sense now… those boys were making major money at that time and just getting into their young adulthood… they took a stand… and it would have made more sense if they came out then rather than waiting…
TO be honest, I am not completely surprised. I was a huge B2K fan … I mean I have every CD that ever came out had posters all over the place but I wasn’t completely convivced that they were what they seemed. Even though I joked about it, I was a tiny bit serious when I that at tleast one member of the group wasn’t “all man” (to quote Raz-B). Does anyone remember the explosive video testimonies the group put out when they broke away from Chris Stokes? They siad back then that Stokes “raped” them, who knows how they meant it.
It’s plausible that the events mentiones could have happened. He was a man in a position of power and they were young boys willign to do whatever they had to do to get ahead. People still joke even now about Marques Houston and the possiblity of Omarion and Bow Wow being an “item”. They have all had questionable behovior from jump, even when Immature was just coming out.
I’m not signing on as a Raz-B supporter because it’s his word against Chris Stokes and we’ll never know who’s tellign the truth. But I’m not entirely convinced he’s lying either.
Heard about this a year or so ago. Shady… probably true. It’s really a shame for those guys who were just kids at the time. I’m sure it really damaged them mentally. If anything, this guy should file criminal charges against Chris Stokes. If Stokes did molest them he should go to prison and pay for what he did. Though, this would ruin the reputation and careers of Omarion & Marques Houston…
Maybe that’s the underlying intention of the surfacing of these videos… The guys who made these videos are just as bad as Chris Stokes. This all could have been done without dragging all these people through the mud.
One of the things I really don’t agree with about this situation is Raz-B and Ricky Romance putting the other people on blast about what happened. It is one thing to want to air out your dirty laundry, but to expose private and traumatic details about OTHER people’s lives to add credibility to your story is just totally wrong. It is not their place to speak on what the other guys went through publicly regardless of whether it is true. It’s not fair to cause other people humiliation to prove a point or get back at Chris Stokes. They have taken away those people’s rights to deal with things the best way they know how to and probably caused them even more pain.
^ i did not even think about that. However, it is a crazy story. It is funny b/c my sister for the past year have always said something is not right with Chris Stokes, she did not know if he was a shady business man or something else, but something did not sit right with him. But those guys are bold for putting their personal business on youtube b/c if he did not do it, it is a slander suit waiting to happen. In addition, this case is beyond business, it is within family, so it is definitely tearing the family apart. Hopefully, the truth comes out and punishment goes out to the guilty.
From the very day that I saw Chris Stokes and Raz B showin off their homes on MTV Cribs, I said that guy is not right. Do you remember that picture that was on his wall of him and one of those boys from the boy group (think Raz-B or Lil Fizz) it looked so obvious! Anyway, I don’t think that these guys are going to gain anything from their allegations. I think that they just want the truth to come out. I hope that they will receive justice cause any kind of abuse, expecially sexual abuse is not right!
Sexual molestion is something that is difficult to charge an adult, when they are offending a male child. The reason, is unfortunate, but true that boys are less likely to come forward and express that they were victims. There is unfortunately a ‘gay’ connotation put on the victim, if they are male. This is why I believe Raz B.