The '212' hitmaker also claims that the 'Gladiator' actor smoked marijuana and drank alcohol before choking, spitting and calling her the N-word over the weekend.
- Oct 19, 2016
AceShowbiz - Azealia Banks has given her version of the altercation with Russell Crowe after filing battery report against him. According to the "212" hitmaker, she and the "Gladiator" actor were flirting before the alleged fight.
While Russell's inner circle continues to deny that he is a racist and insist Azealia repeatedly used the N-word, the "Chasing Time" rapper tells The Sun, "I think he's a racist, misogynist pig. This is a stain on me. My feels stained. I feel stained as a woman, I feel mishandled, I feel mistreated, I feel dirty. I feel very f***ing low."
Azealia says she was invited to the party at Russell's hotel room by Wu-Tang Clan's rapper RZA. Director Ridley Scott, comedian Jim Jefferies and Swedish pop star Elliphant were among the guests at the bash.
The "Ice Princess" rapper recalls, "Russell had moonshine on the table, and then Russell calls for whisky, so then they just start mixing them up. You know, moonshine, whisky, vodka, and smoking cigarettes and smoking weed."
Azealia claims they were flirting during the bash. "Russell and I get next to each other. He's talking to me, I'm talking to him, and we start flirting," she recalls, "We're having a really good time. He's got his knee on my knee, he's touching my leg, I'm playing him my music, he tweets my song 'The Big Big Beat'. He's like, 'I love this, you're this is great.' "
She continues, "So the party goes on. But there was one girl who I guess was his girlfriend. She gets next to me and I guess this is just her chance to try and size me up and see what I'm about. And she's in my ear and she's like, 'Yeah, Russell thinks you're so hot.' And I was like, 'Oh, really? Well that's on you girl.' You know, I'm not here for that."
But the mood shifted when Azealia mocked another guest, who's said to be an aspiring horror filmmaker. "Russell just kind of switched," she says, "He was like, 'Well you know what? You're young and you've never done anything in your career so you don't know what you're about.' I'm a little offended but I was still keeping it light. I was like, 'Your best days are behind you.' "
Another woman then stepped in to defend Russell. Azealia shares, "I said, 'Girl, this is not the right time or place for us to be fighting, like what would happen if I got up and I slapped the s**t out of you, or I took a glass and f***ing threw it at you and you were bleeding all over the place? I would be wrong and we'd all be wrong, and the party would be done.' "
"Then Russell turns to me and he goes, 'Well, you wouldn't even get close enough to get the chance, n*****.' And he says the word n***** so, like, quietly, under his breath," she continues, "He calls me a n*****, and then grabs me, picks me up, he chokes me by the throat, picks me up, throws me out of the room and then spits on me. You don't just spit on somebody. And in front of everybody."
A representative for Russell hasn't commented on the issue yet.
Azealia brought the case to the Beverly Hills Police Department on Sunday. The case is "now pending detective follow-up."
Sgt Todd Withers says, "There is a police report involving both parties - Azealia Banks and Russell Crowe. The report that was taken was an allegation of battery. It was made on Sunday and the case is now pending detective follow-up. It will be assigned to a detective and both parties will need to be spoken to."
