By Steven A. Gilley
Stevengilley15@aol.com
Akon is set to go on trial for criminal charges that he tossed a fan offstage at an upstate concert last summer.
Many people saw the YouTube video in which a fan tossed an object at Akon and he tossed the fan into the crowd in retaliation.
The 35-year-old singer, whose real name is Aliaune Thiam, asked for the jury trial during a brief appearance with his lawyer in Fishkill Town Court on Wednesday.
He's due back in court for trial Dec. 1 unless a deal is negotiated in the meantime.
He pleaded not guilty in December 2007 to misdemeanor charges of endangering the welfare of a minor and second-degree harassment, a violation.
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