L.A. Reid’s Request To Throw Out Sexual Assault Case Denied
L.A. Reid thought he had valid reasons to get his sexual assault case thrown out, but a New York judge thought otherwise. The 68-year-old executive’s request to dismiss the 2023 lawsuit was denied this week.
Reid’s attorney cited 10 sections of New York’s Penal Law Article 130 that they believed should have gotten removed from the lawsuit. They claim that the victim, Drew Dixon, blamed the producer for her career struggles and used the Adult Survivors Act as a way to leverage the law. “Plaintiff is using those laws to springboard claims of career frustration and disappointment,” they wrote. “For which there are no timely or cognisable causes of action.”
Dixon fought these claims, saying they were “inappropriate” and “a waste of the court’s time.” Judge Valerie Caproni agreed and denied Reid’s request. “It is difficult to understand any prejudice caused by additional citations to other portions of Article 130,” she said. “Because Defendant has not met his burden, his Motion to Strike is denied.”
Drew Dixon’s lawsuit against LA Reid accused him of sexual assault on two separate occasions. Specifically, he invited her to view an apartment with him and made multiple unwanted advances during their tour. In the lawsuit, they wrote that the real estate agent privately told Dixon that he believed Reid was in love with her. She also claimed she was sexually assaulted on a private jet and in the back of cars, specifically citing groping and kissing.
Dixon previously worked under the former Epic Records CEO and claimed that he made her work life difficult after she denied his advances. Allegedly, he cut budgets for her projects and complicated things to the point where she left her position in 2002.
“This litigation is not only about the horrific physical assaults that Ms. Dixon had to endure,” she and her legal team wrote in the lawsuit. “[It’s] about the irreparable damage done to the rare and blossoming career of an extraordinary talent.”
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