Singer Ashanti leaves the courthouse after testifying at Devar Hurd’s trial in New York, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014. Ashanti said in testimony that she was “disgusted” and “absolutely scared” when she learned in July 2013 that Hurd, who had been convicted of stalking her, had since been tweeting her X-rated messages and posed for a photo with her sister. AP
NEW YORK — Singer Ashanti says she was “disgusted” and “absolutely scared” when she learned in July 2013 that a fan who had been convicted of stalking her had since been tweeting her X-rated messages and posed for a photo with her sister.
The Grammy-winning R&B singer testified Tuesday at Devar Hurd’s trial. She says she was at a birthday dinner for her mother when another fan pointed out via Twitter that Hurd was the man in a photo with her sister from a 2012 event.
She says she then realized that Hurd was behind Twitter accounts that had sent her explicit messages over 100 times in less than a year.
Hurd was convicted in 2009 of stalking and served about two years in jail. He says Ashanti should have blocked the accounts.
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