T.I. Won't Return for 'Ant-Man 3'
T.I. won’t be returning for the third installment in Marvel Studios’ Ant-Man series.
The embattled rapper-actor has not been asked to reprise his role in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, according to The Hollywood Reporter. However, it’s unclear whether the casting decision is the result of recent allegations of sexual abuse he is facing alongside his wife Tiny.
On Sunday, The New York Times reported that an attorney, Tyrone A. Blackburn, is seeking criminal inquiries on behalf of 11 alleged victims, who accuse the couple of crimes including “sexual abuse, forced ingestion of illegal narcotics, kidnapping, terroristic threats, and false imprisonment.” Through their lawyer, T.I. and Tiny have denied the allegations “in the strongest possible terms,” calling them “nothing more than the continuation of a sordid shakedown.”
Additionally, the couple is being sued for defamation and infliction of emotional distress by Sabrina Peterson, a former friend who accused T.I. of holding a gun to her head. Peterson says her name has been smeared and she has received threatening messages on social media after the couple publicly denied her claims.
T.I. played Dave, a friend to Paul Rudd’s character Scott Lang/Ant-Man in 2015’s Ant-Man and the sequel, 2018’s Ant-Man and the Wasp. Ant-Man 3 is still in development and does not currently have a release date. However, the script is still subject to change. The third Ant-Man film will once again star Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Douglas, and Michelle Pfeiffer.
Last month, VH1 suspended production of “T.I. & Tiny: Friends & Family Hustle” in the wake of the sexual abuse allegations.