Influencer Lured Women To Vacant Palisades Burn-Area Home, Raped Them: LAPD

LOS ANGELES, CA — A hip-hop artist and influencer is facing charges that he lured women into a vacant home in the fire-ravaged Pacific Palisades and sexually assaulted them. Authorities say he may have victimized others, potentially in a similar manner.

Clinton Adams, 32, was taken into custody on Nov. 19. He later pleaded not guilty to three counts of rape by use of force and one count of assault with the intent to commit a felony, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.

Adams is accused of assaulting two different women on separate occasions. He brought the women to a home in the Palisades he claimed was his — but it was in fact vacant following the devastating Palisades Fire, KNX reported.

"To me, that was especially disturbing that he would take advantage of that, as that community was healing, to sneak in there and represent the home as his own," Detective Brent Hopkins told KNX.

Both women came forward to report they had been assaulted by Adams and identified him by name, according to the LAPD.

The first rape occurred June 29, and the second incident occurred August 7 and 8, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Adams is known on social media as Clintinlord; he has hundreds of thousands of followers across Instagram and TikTok.

The LAPD circulated a photo of Adams this week because "detectives believe there are additional victims of unreported sexual assaults," police said in a statement.

Adams is described as a 6-foot-1 Black man weighing 170 pounds, with brown eyes and dreadlocks.

He's being held on $1.42 million bail and expected to appear back in court Monday, according to court records.

Anyone who may have been victimized by Adams or may have additional information about the alleged assaults was urged to call the LAPD Operations West Bureau Special Assault Section at 213-473-0420.

Calls during non-business hours or the weekends should be made to 877- 527-3247. Anonymous tips can be submitted to Crime Stoppers online or at 800-222-8477.

City News Service contributed to this report.