Rapper and activist Wyclef Jean has already denied any conscious wrongdoings involving his Yele Haiti charity, but he has gone one step further to clear his reputation, by hiring new accountants.
Just hours before yesterday's Hope For Haiti telethon, Wyclef announced he has hired accounting firm RSM McGladrey to administer the millions in donations that are being pledged to Haiti through the non-profit. Yele Haiti came under scrutiny when the organization's tax records hit the Internet last week.
The rapper was accused of wasting hundreds of thousands of dollars and over paying himself and his partner Jerry Duplessis through the charity.
Wyclef already admitted to wrong doing, although he blamed it on inexperience, hence the new accounting firm.
"Have we made mistakes? Yes," Jean admitted. "Did I ever use Yele money for personal benefit? Absolutely not." Jean told Oprah Winfrey that he has learned from his past mistakes with the charity
. "I think we have learned from our mistakes," Jean told Oprah Winfrey. "In moving forward, I think we're going to be stronger than ever.
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