Last year former Arista Records employee Drew Dixon filed a s exual harassment lawsuit against former Arista Records head LA Reid [click here if you missed that].
Reid's request to dismiss the case has been denied...
L.A. Reid failed to convince a New York judge to dismiss a sixual assault case. Judge Valerie Caproni allowed music producer Drew Dixon’s lawsuit against the longtime executive to proceed in a ruling on Tuesday (August 13).
Dixon accused Reid of sixually assaulting her twice during her time at Arista Records around 20 years ago. Her lawsuit included claims of sixual battery and assault, false imprisonment, intentional infliction of emotional distress and a violation of the New York City Gender Motivated Violence Act.
Reid filed motions to dismiss some of the claims, citing the statute of limitations and venue issues. Judge Caproni denied these motions. She ruled the claims of false imprisonment and intentional infliction of emotional distress were not time-barred under the New York Adult Survivors Act, which allowed survivors of sixual assault to sue despite expired statutes of limitations. The judge also found the events in the complaint had a substantial connection to the Southern District of New York where the lawsuit was filed.
No comments:
Post a Comment