Hip-hop Singer Akon to Stand Trial

via Press Association

“Akon will face trial on criminal charges he threw a fan off stage at a New York state concert last summer.

The 35-year-old singer asked for the jury trial during a brief appearance with his lawyer in Fishkill Town Court.

He is due back in court for trial on December 1 unless a deal is negotiated in the meantime.

Akon pleaded not guilty in December to misdemeanor charges of endangering the welfare of a minor and second-degree harassment, a violation.  He was accused of throwing a teenage boy off the stage during a June 2007 concert at a minor league baseball stadium near Poughkeepsie.  Another concertgoer said she suffered a concussion when the teen landed on her…”

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