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   The-Dream performs during TwoGether Land Festival on May 26 in Dallas.   
      
   Singer and producer The-Dream has been accused of rape and sexual battery in a   
   lawsuit filed by his former protégée.   
      
   Chanaaz Mangroe, 33, who performed under the name Channii Monroe, filed the   
   lawsuit Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of   
   California, alleging that the hitmaker lured her into an abusive and sexually   
   violent relationship while    
   promising to help launch her career as an artist.   
      
   The-Dream’s behavior, which allegedly went on for about a year after meeting   
   him in 2015, still affects Mangroe and has hindered her attempts at having a   
   career, the suit says.   
      
   â€œChoosing to speak out about the trauma I survived has been one of the most   
   difficult decisions of my life, but ultimately, what Dream did to me made it   
   impossible to live the life I envisioned for myself and pursue my goals as a   
   singer and songwriter,â   
   €� she said in a statement via her attorneys, Douglas H. Wigdor and Meredith   
   Firetog.   
      
   â€œUltimately, my silence has become too painful, and I realized that I need   
   to tell my story to heal,â€� she continued. “I hope that doing so will also   
   help others and prevent future horrific abuse.â€�   
      
   An agent for The-Dream, whose real name is Terius Adamu Ya Gesteelde-Diamant,   
   did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Wednesday.   
      
   Mangroe said in the suit that at the time she met The-Dream, a top producer   
   for Beyoncé, Rihanna and other artists, she was 23 and working in the U.S. on   
   an international visa from the Netherlands.   
      
   It alleges that an associate of The-Dream reached out to her via social media,   
   and after sending them samples of her work, she was invited to join the   
   producer in Atlanta. She flew out to meet him in January 2015, according to   
   the lawsuit.   
      
   Mangroe was “hoping to land her big break as a singer and songwriter,â€� the   
   suit says, but instead, she was lured “into an abusive, violent, and   
   manipulative relationship filled with physical assaults, violent sexual   
   encounters, and horrific    
   psychological manipulation.â€�   
      
   It alleges that The-Dream made false promises to Mangroe, telling her that he   
   would sponsor the extension of her international visa and would make hit songs   
   for her if she became a part of his “sanctuary,â€� which he described as   
   something “stronger    
   than a spousal connection because it was about ‘art.’â€�   
      
   â€œIn reality, Dream used Ms. Mangroe for his base desires, which manifested   
   in violent sexual acts and vicious psychological torture,â€� the document   
   alleges.   
      
   During one incident cited in the suit, the producer allegedly locked Mangroe   
   in a dark room while they were at a recording studio and “violentlyâ€� had   
   sex with her before leaving her alone for hours. He later returned “to again   
   have sex with her and    
   demand that she tell him she loved him,â€� according to the suit.   
      
   Mangroe, still hopeful for her big break, tried to convince herself that the   
   sex was consensual, the lawsuit says.   
      
   The-Dream also controlled Mangroe’s stay in the U.S., tracking her location,   
   calling and texting to find out where she was, and keeping a key to her hotel   
   room “so that he could enter whenever he pleased with no notice,â€� the   
   lawsuit alleges.   
      
   It goes on to say that the producer forced her to drink excessive amounts of   
   alcohol, recorded a sexual encounter and threatened to share it with others,   
   and physically abused her. During one incident, he allegedly choked her to the   
   point that “she    
   believes she might have lost consciousness at one point,â€� it says.   
      
      
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