Charlamagne Tha God, the outspoken co-host of The Breakfast Club and a rising Netflix personality, is facing fresh backlash after a disturbing 2015 podcast clip resurfaced, in which he casually describes slipping Spanish Fly into a woman's drink, having sex with her while she was heavily intoxicated, and preventing his pals from turning it into a gang rape.
In the audio from his Brilliant Idiots podcast with Andrew Schulz, the radio host, real name Lenard Larry McKelvey, recounts the encounter in graphic detail."You could put that to a girl’s throat and have sex with her. That doesn’t mean it’s illegal," he says, according to the clip shared widely on X.
"So I put the Spanish fly in an E&J. We drinkin’ the E&J and shit... she was drunk and shit, and we had sex and shit. And a lot of my boys was trying to come in the room and fuck it. I’m like, ‘Nah, chill out. I can’t. I’m not doing that. I’m not going to let you on the train.’ That’s rape. It’s just one-on-one. It ain’t rape. Trains are rape."
Listeners were left stunned by the self-described "one-on-one" distinction and the woman's reported incoherence.
The clip, which first made the rounds in 2018 amid other allegations, has roared back to life as Charlamagne's star continues to rise. Just days ago, iHeartMedia and Netflix announced The Breakfast Club would become the streaming giant's first daily live show starting June 1.
The Spanish Fly story emerged years ago alongside claims from Jessica Reid, who alleged Charlamagne sexually assaulted her at a 2001 party when she was 15 and he was 22.
Reid claimed she was given a drink that made her dizzy and unable to walk. The rape charges were ultimately dropped; Charlamagne pleaded guilty to a lesser count of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. DNA from the rape kit did not link him to her, according to court records.
He has long maintained his innocence in that case and later clarified the podcast story, insisting he and the woman bought the Spanish Fly together at a sex store and that the encounter was consensual, though critics say his original wording raised major red flags about consent.
