LA Reid faces sexual assault allegations in lawsuit by former music executive. Drew Dixon, who worked for Reid while he was CEO of Arista Records, claims Reid sexually attacked her twice in 2001 and then slashed her budget and shelved musicians when she refused his persistent approaches.
LA Reid faces sexual assault allegations in lawsuit by former music executive. Antonio “L.A.” Reid, the Grammy-winning music producer who affected the careers of musicians such as Pink, Usher, and Mariah Carey, has been sued by a former music executive who claims he sexually attacked her and ruined her career.
Drew Dixon filed the claim in federal court in New York on Wednesday. Dixon, who worked for Reid while he was CEO of Arista Records, claims Reid sexually attacked her twice in 2001 and then slashed her budget and shelved musicians when she refused his persistent approaches.
Dixon quit Arista in 2002, claiming that Reid’s harassment cut short her “meteoric trajectory” in the music industry.
“This litigation is not only about the horrific physical assaults that Ms. Dixon had to endure but it is also about the irreparable damage done to the rare and blossoming career of an extraordinary talent,” according to the complaint.
Dixon is seeking specific monetary damages.
The Associated Press does not usually identify persons who claim to have been sexually assaulted unless they come forward publicly.
By Wednesday night, messages sent to Joel Katz, an attorney who represented Reid when Dixon first made her allegations public in 2017, had not been replied to. Reid was defending herself against Dixon’s allegations at the time.
According to the news organization that first reported the issue, repeated efforts to contact Reid for comment on Wednesday were unsuccessful. NBC News has reached out to both an attorney for Reid and a spokeswoman for the company.
Even though the first statute of limitations had passed, Dixon was able to submit her complaint under New York’s Adult Survivors Act, which was passed the previous year and allows alleged victims of sexual assault one additional year to file a claim after the initial statute of limits had passed.
In 2017, when a former female employee accused Reid of sexually harassing her, Reid resigned from his position as CEO of Epic Records.
At the time, Reid said to the press, “I’m proud of my track record of promoting, supporting, and uplifting women at every company I’ve ever run.” Regardless, if there is anything I’ve ever said that may be interpreted in a different way, please accept my sincerest apologies.
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