Actor Malik Yoba stormed off the set during an on-camera interview with The Root’s senior reporter Terrell Jermaine Starr, after being asked about allegations that he solicited sex from a minor who engaged in survival sex work in the late 1990s and early 2000s. “You and I sat for four hours the other day and we decided how we were going to approach this,” the “New York Undercover” star said. “It’s a setup. I don’t like this.” Starr’s questioning was in response to trans activist Mariah Lopez Ebony, who accused Yoba of paying her and other sex workers in the ’90s. Lopez made the allegations after Yoba came out as “trans-attracted” when promoting the National Trans Visibility March on DC. Yoba responded to Lopez’s claims during the Root interview, saying, “I don’t know the woman … I have no idea who she is.” Starr then asked about criticism that he fetishizes the trans community. He replied, “I don’t appreciate this s - - t at all … We sat for four f–king hours and you’re going to stay on some allegations. F–k you! This [is] my f–king life!”
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