Earlier this month, a woman’s rape allegation against Riff Raff prompted the swift cancellation of his Australian and New Zealand tour. Shortly after, another woman came forward to accuse him of sexual misconduct.
Riff Raff has now responded to these allegations by sharing a video on his Instagram page. In the video, the rapper says, “Never once have I forced a girl to have sex. Never once have I forced a girl to do any type of drugs. I don’t want to have a girl drunk and sleepy.”
The clip is apparently a cut from a 13-minute film titled Trial by Media, and also features appearances by his entertainment attorney and filmmaker Sarah B. Downey. “DONT EVER BE AFRAiD TO STAND UP FOR YOURSELF AGAiNST LiES,” he wrote in the caption.
Eliza Stafford, an Australian woman from Melbourne, has accused Riff Raff of drugging and raping her back in 2013. She wrote about the alleged incident in a Facebook post. “In 2013 I was raped by a man whose stage name is Riff Raff,” Stafford wrote in her Facebook post. Stafford was 19 at the time of the alleged assault. “I was offered a 60ml ‘party’ shot. I took the shot, it was syrup and I immediately asked what it was. Riff Raff and his support act told me that it was codeine and started laughing. I don’t remember anything from that point. I woke up as Riff Raff was pulling out of me and getting into the shower.”
Riff Raff’s return to Australia prompted her to speak out. “I was raped and blamed myself for 5 years,” she wrote. “I got a notification today because I work at in [sic] Richmond, and he is performing at the corner hotel next Friday night. I will be 50 meters from my rapist all night.”
Days after the first allegation, another woman came forward to accuse Riff Raff of sexual misconduct. Kelsey Doucette alleges the Houston native tried to coerce her into sex when she was just 17 during the Milwaukee, Wisconsin stop of Warped Tour 2015.
After getting the rapper’s number during a meet and greet, Doucette and her friends were invited on his tour bus. He reportedly invited the teen on a tour of the bus and took her to his bedroom, according to Jezebel. "He went to lay down on his bed and he said come lay down with me, check out these sheets," to which Doucette replied, “I was like, 'no, I’m good standing' and then he was like, 'why not, I thought you were single?'”
Riff Raff allegedly pulled the then teen next to him and began touching her arms and legs. Doucette told Jezebel he then put his hands on the inside of her waistband and tried to kiss her on the lips. "Even though I kept swatting his hands away and stuff and just kind of nonchalantly moving them away from me, he kept trying to touch me and trying to kiss on my neck... and at that point I was like, please stop, don’t do this anymore."
What disturbed Doucette the most is when the rapper allegedly whispered in her ear, "I’ll even let you have my babies."
The rapper is denying both allegations.
