Idolator: chris stokes

This Whole B2K Thing Is Getting Weirder And Weirder

mjohnston — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 17:40:14 EST

Earlier this afternoon, our post about Raz B's half-hearted denial of his earlier allegations that his former manager, Chris Stokes, forced him and his bandmates in B2K (shown here in, uh, "happier" times) into orgies and other sex games—and the possibility that said denial could in fact serve as the denoument to this sordid affair—garnered this comment from a reader:

This story is sooo not over. Now Raz B's brother is saying that the LA Crips gang forced his brother to say those things at gunpoint and Raz B has been missing for 2 days. The whole thing is wild, just wild.

I thought that the commenter was joking, but both stories actually came straight from Raz B's brother, a.k.a. Ricky Romance, via the gossip site Bossip, which is apparently doing further legwork on that side of the story. Meanwhile, people claiming to be Raz B and his management have taken to their MySpace bulletins, as a reader of Oh No They Didn't found out:

A dead cell phone! Raz B is clearly not having the best week with communication-related technology. Meanwhile, the blog namechecked in the bulletin also has reprinted a "no, I'm OK" statement from Raz B, although anyone who's ever gotten a phishing comment probably knows all too well how easy it is to fake those sorts of things on MySpace. And posting a picture dated Oct. 10, 2006, with a "no, really, I'm OK" message doesn't exactly inspire confidence, now, does it?

Raz B's Brother 'Ricky Romance' Confirms Raz-B is Missing [Bossip]
Raz-B's reps speak!! [ONTD]

Raz B To YouTube: "Just Kidding About That Whole Orgy Thing"

mjohnston — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 12:45:43 EST

B2K's Raz B has recanted the allegations of hotel-room orgies and the like that he fired at his former manager Chris Stokes earlier this week, although his demeanor in the clip (posted above) seems to be more "forced mouthing of words at the behest of his legal team" than "genuinely sorry." And so ends another sordid chapter in the world of sexed-up teenpop—but hey, at least everyone knows about that "Life After B2K" reality show that the former boybanders are pitching, right? Talk about your win-win-hurl situations!

The Truth about Chris Stokes B2k Part 3 [YouTube]

Former B2K manager Chris Stokes is denying ...

mjohnston — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 16:20:29 EST

Former B2K manager Chris Stokes is denying the sexual abuse allegations hurled at him by former member Raz B earlier this week, saying in his defense that he's not gay, he's married and he has kids. Oh, and also, he's going to sue the bejeezus out of Raz B. Perhaps not wanting to also get served, former B2K member Omarion has issued a statement saying "I stand behind him with no question whatsoever. I have grown up around Chris, and this is crazy to me." [MTV]

B2K Member Reveals That The Boy Band Life Included Lots Of Forced Sex

mjohnston — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 11:30:45 EST

Raz B, real name De'Mario Monte Thornton and former member of the well-chiseled boy band B2K, posted a couple of videos on YouTube today that were filled with allegations regarding former B2K managers Chris Stokes and Marques Houston. Well, really, there was one big j'accuse: According to Raz B, Stokes and Houston "forced the boys of B2K into orgies with managers, agents, friends and each other," a practice that apparently went on almost daily until the group disbanded. For those of you who don't feel like squirming through the clips and who just want the dirt (as it were), a helpful reader of the gossip community Oh No They Didn't has summarized them in netspeak:

raz-b is talking to marques's sister about how he didn't like being in the orgies or w/e. and that if they kept going on, someone (chris stokes or idk) liked watching them all fuck each other or w/e. raz-b talks about how he didn't like it and how his ass hurt afterward. he was also saying that he would never lie about a thing like this or make it up. oh, and he also mentions that he can't go back into the "mind frame" of being 11 when all of that molestation stuff was going on.

in the second video...

- raz-b says, "i moved to this house when i was 13 years old. *** ass ??? when i was 14 years old other perverted, misleading, molestation type of shit happened in this motherfucking house." in the video, he's pointing to a building. i guess to where it all happened.

- ricky romance says, "chris (stokes) made me take showers with the other boys. we had to go to capital records and shit... all that little shit that my little brother was introduced to—that shit, that shit was brought to me first and i blocked that shit. you know, and i wasn't with it. i backed out. it was like, i kind of knew what was going on. yet, i took my brother to chris and i didn't protect him like i should have."

Man, between this and Lou Pearlman's ill-fitting towels, the boy-band world is seeming more disgusting than ever! Also: Does this mean that in five years I'm going to be forced to write a bunch of awkwardly punny headlines about the Naked Brothers Band?

Raz-B says manager made b2k have orgies/raped them [ONTD]