Sunday, July 13, 2005, at The Ivy in Huntington, NY, Police and eyewitnesses say the R&B singer Trey Songz went bananas, landing a fist on photographer Isaa Mansoor, who was already nursing a preexisting injury and beating up a guy who was already down, both physically and metaphorically.
Trey went for it, according to authorities: a punch to the head, a body slam into the wall, and two broken cameras later, he was on his way out the door. Mansoor was said to have been hospitalized with a concussion and other injuries. Trey’s owner, reportedly, attempted to diffuse the confrontation, but Trey was in no mood to negotiate.
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You’d think some sorrow or introspection might accompany a story like this, but instead, Trey’s people shifted the blame. His lawyer, Ted Anastasiou, blamed the media. “The media is doing an incomplete story and taking it out of context to make clickbait to sell a new headline,” Anastasiou told TMZ. That’s lazy and unfair.”
He didn’t stop there, and the paparazzi are the true villains here, and they are becoming, well, “increasingly aggressive.” This has become “a growing issue that puts everyone at risk,” he says.
Now, listen, I don’t know anyone who loves being swarmed by lenses, but that wasn’t a swarm. This was said to be a solitary cameraman, recovering from a prior injury, simply doing his job. Whatever Trey felt by way of being provoked or not, this is not something you can disregard.
Anastasiou says Trey is responding to authorities and disputes “the characterization of events.” Yes, there are two sides to every story, but right now, one side has hospital bills and broken camera equipment, and the other is saying, “I was over on my bad con account because I was getting bad press.
And hey, let’s not forget: this isn’t Trey’s first dabble in drama. Last month, at another event, he nearly threw hands, saying he was going to “beat” a man before somebody mercifully talked him out of it. Maybe it’s a pattern, and perhaps it’s a nasty streak, or maybe it’s both.
Ultimately, we all love a good redemption arc, but it begins with accountability, not passing the buck. Trey is trying to change the narrative before the dust has even settled.
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