The Nation - News from Aug. 13, 1989

A singer and two crew members with LL Cool J’s rap band were charged with raping a 15-year-old girl who attended an after-concert party in Minneapolis after going backstage on a pass won in a radio contest. The girl told authorities that six to eight men taunted her during the assault and made comments such as “when’s it going to be our turn?” Singer David James Parker, 26, and band technician Gary Chris Saunders, 22, both of New York, and bodyguard Christopher Elias Tsipouras, 26, of Union, N.J., were charged Friday with first-degree criminal sexual conduct. LL Cool J, whose real name is James Todd Smith, was not involved in the incident after Wednesday night’s concert, police said. LL Cool J, short for Ladies Love Cool James, is among the best known rappers.