De'Mario Monte Thornton, (born June 13, 1985) better known by his stage name Raz-B is an American singer, most famous for being a member of R&B boy band B2K.
On December 24, 2007, videos were released on YouTube, and various internet media outlets showing Raz-B discussing allegations of rape and sexual misconduct by his ex-manager, Chris Stokes, against himself and fellow members of his former band, B2K. In the videos, Raz-B also alleged that similar goings-on took place with former members of the band IMx. Chris Stokes denied all allegations made about him. The original videos have been pulled by a "copyright claim from a third Party." On December 26, 2007, a third part of the allegations was released. Thorton made a public apology stating that the allegations were not true about Chris Stokes and Marques Houston.
Some have alleged that this apology was forced or coached. 17 seconds into the video a voice, off camera, can be heard coaching Raz-B to mention Chris stokes by name. When Raz-B apologizes "for any hurt this may have caused publicly, financially..." A male voice can be heard off camera saying "No-no not financially." The video ends abruptly at that point.
Adding to the rumors that Raz-B was forced against his will to make the video apology are his brother, Ricardo Thornton's, claimed that his brother had not been in contact with him for over 24 hours, which was unlike his brother. This comes on top of allegations that came when a photo of IMx surfaced on the internet of the three group members in their underwear lying next to each other on a bed.
On January 3, 2008, a video surfaced on TMZ.com where Raz-B, his brother Ricky Thornton, and Chris Stokes were leaving a restaurant together with Raz-B proclaiming,"The whole world want to see this, come on Chris Stokes" and "We love each other, man!"
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