Trey Songz Faces Police Probe for Allegedly Assaulting Cameraman at Long Island Restaurant

Police are investigating allegations that Trey Songz assaulted a cameraman and destroyed his equipment following a concert at a Long Island restaurant this weekend.

The altercation was captured in a video that the cameraman, identified by TMZ as Isaa Mansoor, posted to his Instagram page on Sunday (July 13). The video, which Mansoor has since deleted, appeared to show Songz (Tremaine Neverson) punching the cameraman following a show at Ivy Kitchen & Bar in Huntington, N.Y., on Saturday night (July 12).

In the video, captioned “Trey Songz assaults me for trying to do my job,” a man that Mansoor identifies as the restaurant’s owner tells the R&B singer, “Yo chill, chill, that’s my guy.” Songz responds, “I don’t give a f–k who it is bro” and appears to punch Mansoor again. The videographer claims that in addition to his physical injuries, Songz destroyed camera equipment worth more than $5,000.

A spokesperson for the Suffolk County Police Department on Long Island tells Billboard that it is investigating the alleged incident.

“An adult male reported a man damaged his camera equipment and punched him in the face at Ivy, located at 65 Wall St. in Huntington, on July 13 at approximately 3:50 a.m.,” says the police spokesperson. “No one has been charged at this time.”

A legal representative for Songz, Ted Anastasiou, says in a statement on Monday (July 14), “What happened at the Ivy was the result of increasingly aggressive paparazzi invading an artist’s personal space, conduct that puts everyone at risk and a trend that’s impacting not just Trey but artists everywhere.”

“Trey disputes the characterization of events, is cooperating fully with authorities and looks forward to the facts, not speculation, speaking for themselves,” adds Anastasiou.

This is not the first time Songz has come under criminal investigation for assault. In 2017, the singer pled guilty to punching a police officer after a concert at Detroit’s Joe Louis Arena in 2016. He was sentenced to 18 months of probation.

Songz was arrested again in 2021 for getting into an altercation with police officers during the NFL’s AFC championship game in Kansas City. Prosecutors ultimately declined to charge the singer over the incident.

In addition, Songz has faced multiple civil lawsuits for both physical and sexual assault. In one such lawsuit, which is scheduled to go to trial in Las Vegas, Songz is accused of attacking a man whose wife was being held against her will in a hotel room in 2021.

This story was updated on July 14 at 6:14 p.m. ET to include a statement from Songz’s rep.