Hip-hop artist used home for assaults, police say

Clinton Adams is accused of raping women at a vacant Palisades residence.

- BY RICHARD WINTON

A hip-hop artist and social media influencer accused of rape lured his victims to a vacant Pacific Palisades home damaged in January's fires where he was pretending to live, according to police.

Clint Lord, whose real name is Clinton Adams, is charged with three counts of rape and has been in custody since he was arrested Nov. 19. On Wednesday, police released his photograph and said they were seeking more possible victims.

The 32-year-old with hundreds of thousands of followers on Instagram and TikTok filled his feeds with images of himself at events such as the BET Awards and on runway catwalks around the globe while working with designer brands.

But behind the scenes, Los Angeles Police Department investigators say Adams had been using a home in Pacific Palisades, unbeknownst to its owners, to meet women and get them alone to assault them. The home had been vacated due to smoke damage from the January firestorms, and Adams broke in without the owners knowing, according to investigators.