The family of a sexual abuse victim who waited six years for her case to come to court have called for a national register of people awaiting trial for sexual offences.
09.11.2023 - 15:01 / nme.com
Reuters, a lawsuit has been filed against the American record executive, A&R representative, and record producer, accusing him of two alleged incidents of sexual assault over two decades ago.In the court records obtained by the outlet, it is stated that former music executive Drew Dixon filed the lawsuit in Manhattan’s federal court on Wednesday (November 8). The plaintiff, aged 67, is seeking unspecified compensatory and punitive damages and claims that Reid derailed her career after he became Arista Records’ chief executive.As reported by the outlet, a representative for Reid did not immediately respond to requests for comment, and lawyers who have represented him on recent legal matters have also not yet provided comment on the accusations.The alleged assaults outlined in the filing include two that occurred in 2001, during the time that the pair were working together.
The report also accuses the industry mogul of sabotaging her career because she rejected his advances.The claims were filed under New York’s Adult Survivors Act, which gives sexual assault victims a one-year window to sue perpetrators even if the statutes of limitations had expired. The window for the case is to close this month.Dixon is now a board member at New York University’s Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music and also took part in a 2020 documentary on HBO Max.
The family of a sexual abuse victim who waited six years for her case to come to court have called for a national register of people awaiting trial for sexual offences.
Daisy Jones & The Six star Sebastian Chacon has been accused of sexual assault by three women in a new lawsuit.A complaint filed on Monday (November 20) in New York accuses Chacon of sexual, physical, and emotional abuse between 2017 and 2022, with the alleged incidents occurring across New York, Los Angeles, and New Orleans.The women remain anonymous in the complaint and are identified as Jane Doe 1, Jane Doe 2, and Jane Doe 3.Jane Doe 1 alleges that Chacon groomed her when she was 16 and he was 24. She also accuses Chacon of sexually assaulting her in his home after encouraging her to consume alcohol, despite her then being below the legal age of consent.Jane Doe 2 and Jane Doe 3, who say they were in romantic relationships with Chacon, both allege that he strangled them during non-consensual sex until they lost consciousness, and that he continued to have sex with them.
Warning: This article contains details and accusations of sexual and physical abuseSean ‘Diddy’ Combs has been accused of drugging, sexually assaulting and more in a new lawsuit, filed in the Manhattan Supreme Court on Thursday (November 23).The new lawsuit, filed by Joi Dickerson-Neal, alleges that Combs had “intentionally” drugged and sexually assaulted Dickerson-Neal in 1991 when she was a student at Syracuse University, per CNN and Rolling Stone. The suit also alleges that Combs had filmed the alleged incident, and that he showed the video to other people in an act of “revenge porn”.Dickerson-Neal reportedly “reluctantly agreed” to have dinner with Combs at a restaurant in Harlem and that he “pushed” for her to keep him company afterward.
Sebastian Chacon is being sued by three anonymous women who claim that they were sexually assaulted by him.
Sebastian Chacon, who recently played drummer Warren Rojas in Daisy Jones & The Six, has been accused by three women of sexual assault. The plaintiffs, identified in a lawsuit filed in New York this week as Jane Doe 1, Jane Doe 2 and Jane Doe 3, allege the assaults took place between 2017 and 2022 in New York and Los Angeles.
Jamie Foxx is being sued over allegations of sexual assault. According to a lawsuit obtained by TMZ
Jamie Foxx is being sued for an alleged sexual assault that happened in 2015.
The plaintiff adds that one of Foxx’s security guards, and several other people, saw what was happening but walked away although it was clear she was in distress. The woman claims there were several people — including some security guards — that witnessed the alleged assault, but they simply walked away despite seeing her try to get away from the “Ray” star.She is seeking a trial by jury and compensatory and punitive damages.The plaintiff is suing Foxx and the restaurant for compensatory and punitive damages, claiming she had to “undergo medical treatment and advice, was unable to pursue her usual and regular activities” and will “permanently be affected by the injuries and emotional distress she incurred as a result of the sexual assault, abuse, assault and battery.”The Post has contacted reps for Foxx for comment.
Jamie Fox has been accused of sexual assault in a new lawsuit filed against the actor.
Marcellus Wiley, a former NFL star and ex-ESPN analyst, has been accused of raping a fellow Columbia University student back in 1994.
Axl Rose has been sued for alleged violent sexual assault by a former model.The Guns N’ Roses frontman reportedly assaulted Sheila Kennedy in 1989, according to a lawsuit filed in New York’s Supreme Court on Wednesday (November 22). NME has reached out to Rose’s publicist for comment.In the lawsuit, Kennedy claimed that she was 26 and he was 27 when they first met at a nightclub in New York.
Annie Mac speak to the Women and Equalities Committee about the potential “tidal wave” of sexual abuse cases.MPs are requesting evidence of the use of NDAs as examples are lacking, due to the legally binding nature of the contracts preventing individuals coming forward. You can submit your evidence here until November 30.
A twisted couple who repeatedly raped and sexually assaulted a young girl were told by their victim in court that they had "tortured, humiliated, and destroyed" her. A judge also branded the pair "two of the most degenerate individuals to have appeared before this court".
against former Grammy Awards CEO Neil Portnow, accusing him of a 2018 sexual assault, and against the Recording Academy for negligence.The woman, who was not named, filed the lawsuit in state Supreme Court in Manhattan under the Adult Survivors Act.The measure, passed last year, created a temporary window for those who allege sexual assault to file past the state’s usual deadlines.In the lawsuit, the woman, described as an internationally known musician who once played at Carnegie Hall, said she met Portnow in early 2018 and had set up a meeting to interview him at his hotel in New York City later that year.She said he gave her something to drink at the meeting that made her intermittently lose consciousness and that he then proceeded to assault her.A spokesperson for Portnow, who stepped down as the CEO in 2019, said in an email that the accusations were “completely false” and “undoubtedly motivated by Mr.
sued by a former music executive who says he sexually assaulted her and derailed her career.Drew Dixon filed the lawsuit Wednesday in a New York federal court. Dixon, who worked for Reid when he was chief executive of Arista Records, alleges that Reid sexually assaulted her twice in 2001 and later cut her budget and sidelined artists when she rebuffed his continuing advances.Dixon left Arista in 2002 and contends that her “meteoric trajectory” in the music business was cut short by Reid’s harassment.“This litigation is not only about the horrific physical assaults that Ms.
Neil Portnow, the former chairman and chief executive of the Recording Academy, has been sued for sexual assault, The New York Times reports. The accusation was filed by Jane Doe in the New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan, who accuses Portnow of drugging and raping her in June 2018. The Recording Academy is also listed as a defendant.
Former X Factor judge L.A. Reid has been sued for sexual assault, as an ex-colleague has accused him of attacking “her on a private jet.” A lawsuit against the music guru was filed on Wednesday, 8 November, at the Federal District Court in Manhattan. L.A has worked with many music stars throughout his career, and he worked on The X Factor for the first two series back in 2011.
Music mogul L.A. Reid has been accused of sexual assault and retaliatory behavior by a former executive who worked with him at Arista.
L.A. Reid, who helped develop music superstars Mariah Carey, Pink, TLC, and Usher, has been sued by a former music executive on accusations of sexually assaulting her more than two decades ago.