P.P. Arnold, the celebrated soul singer and a former member of Ike and Tina Turner's Ikettes, has accused Ike of raping her in a new book.
, “Sex with Ike had become an expression of hostility — a kind of rape — especially when it began or ended with a beating.” Ike, himself, has also claimed he was sexually assaulted and raped as a child, writing in his memoir,, that he had “sexual relations” with at least three people before he was 12 years old.
. She also discusses her relationships with other rock luminaries including Jimi Hendrix, Rod Stewart, and Small Faces frontman Steve Marriott. As she told, describing these liaisons was less about dishing pure gossip than setting the record straight.“I just thought, ‘These guys were my friends, but they didn’t even mention me in their books,’” she said. “I’m not ashamed. I was young, I was experiencing my life and hey, boom, here it is.
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