Trey Songz Sued by Keke Palmer For Unauthorized Music VIdeo Appearance

Keke Palmer is pursuing legal action against Trey Songz after the latter allegedly put her in a music video without her permission. Previously, Songz was also accused by Palmer of using “sexual intimidation” to get the actress/singer to appear in his music video, which resulted in a social media feud between the two. The “Scream Queens” actress was referring to a recently released video for Songz’s remix of Travis Scott and Young Thug’s “Pick Up The Phone,” which also features Fabolous.

As reported by BIllboard, Palmer spoke to Larry King about her intentions to take legal action. She also said that she was at a New Year's Eve party in Miami when she wound up being in the video shoot. She clarified she made it clear with Songz that she did not want to be in the video.

“This is preposterous. How am I in this video Trey?” Palmer wrote in a lengthy Instagram post. “Just cause you give someone food and alcohol and throw in a little sexual intimidation doesn’t mean they will buckle,” she added while posting a screencap of Songz’s video, which shows her taking a selfie while sitting on a couch. Palmer’s Instagram post had captioned the photo, writing that “This was not approved,” and pointed to it as proof of female disrespect in the industry.

 This is preposterous. How am I in this video Trey? After you found me in a closet HIDING because I was so afraid of anymore conflict. Literally my last option was to hide because you all would not listen when I said I did not want to be in the video the FIRST time. Just cause you give someone food and alcohol and throw in a little sexual intimidation doesn't mean they will buckle. Yet, you still disrespected me as a young women, whom you've known since she was TWELVE. YOU STILL, defied my wishes and in turn showed your lack of respect for a brand that took me fourteen years to build and put me in the video against my wishes. Come on bruh, I clearly said no and you said okay, yet I was being secretly filmed when you told me "let me just show you the idea"?? Wow. This is what I'm referring to in my previous post, this is the sexism and misogyny I refer to because if I was a dude, he wouldn't have even tried me like this. Let this be a lesson to all, I'm not for the bullshit. I'm serious about my business and you will not use my likeness without MY permission. When you in front of a boss you treat them like one, like I treat YOU. NO MEANS NO!!!!!!! People have to listen to women and stop questioning them and their intelligence. Speak up, cause when you look someone in the face and they say "I understand. You don't have to feel pressured to do the video" and they STILL put you in it, it is a violation. It would be great to be able to handle these things privately but why when they aren't respected?

A photo posted by Laurennnn Palmer (@kekepalmer) on Jan 21, 2017 at 4:54pm PST

It didn’t take long for the “Heart Attack” singer to respond and took to Twitter to suggest that Palmer, who had his phone number, should have discussed the matter privately with him instead of taking to social media. Songz’s final response to the issue was found on Instagram, where he expressed feeling sorry for people “that believe everything without knowing anything,” adding that he cannot devote his life responding to or clearing up every side of every story about him.

Palmer carried on addressing the issue on Twitter, and as noted by MTV.com, received a slew of fan support concerning the matter. Songz has since kept mum on the issue after his initial social media posts.

Palmer is set to release a book titled “I Don’t Belong To You,” in an effort to empower young women to be aware of their sensuality/sexuality to prevent exploitation. The book becomes available on Jan. 31.

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