In an Instagram post on Sunday, the Ghanaian artist alleged that Kehinde Wiley attacked him twice in June 2021.
“I was sexually assaulted by @kehindewiley. It almost destroyed me,” Awuah-Darko wrote. “I hope that my words and openness about my painful experience will enable others to come forward. I hope that whatever unravels creates a path to not only accountability, but also reward and collective healing for other victims.”
Wiley seemingly responded to Awuah-Darko’s allegations in his own Instagram post on Sunday.
“Someone I had a brief, consensual relationship with almost three years ago is now making a false accusation about our time together,” Wiley wrote. “I kindly ask for privacy as I work to clear my name.”
Main Image :Joseph Awuah-Darko
Anna Melnykova, "Palace of Labor (palats praci), architector I. Pretro, 1916", shot with analog Canon camera, 35 mm Fuji film in March 2022.
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