Charlamagne Tha God Civil Lawsuit Dismissed

Two years ago Jessica Reid filed a civil lawsuit against The Breakfast Club co-host, Charlamange Tha God, accusing him of defamation of character and sixual assault after he wrote about an alleged incident between them in his book, Black Privilege [click here if you missed that]. 

The case has been dismissed...

From All Hip Hop

A judge dismissed an alleged rape victim’s claims against Simon & Schuster after she sued the publisher and Charlamagne Tha God.

A New York judge sided with Charlamagne Tha God’s co-defendant Simon & Schuster in his sexual assault accuser’s lawsuit against him and the publisher. According to court documents obtained by AllHipHop, Judge Ona T. Wang granted Simon & Schuster’s motion to dismiss Jessica Reid’s defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress claims on Wednesday (August 14).

Judge Wang said Reid’s claims against Simon & Schuster failed on several procedural grounds. The judge cited Reid’s reliance on New York’s Child Victims Act as one example.

Reid accused Charlamagne, whose real name is Lenard McKelvey, of sixually assaulting her at a party in 2001. She was 15 at the time.

Charlamagne wrote about the incident in his book Black Privilege, which was published by Simon & Schuster in 2017. Reid sued Charlamagne and his publisher, but Judge Wang saw no merit in Reid’s defamation claim.