L.A. Reid is asking a NYC judge to dismiss the various charges in Drew Dixon’s sexual assault case against him.
Dixon initially filed charges against L.A. Reid in November 2023, including sexual battery (Count I), false imprisonment (Count II), intentional infliction of emotional distress (Count III), and gender-motivated violence (Count IV).
According to AllHipHop, his attorneys, Bobbi C. Sternheim and Shawn Holley, are urging the court to dismiss Counts II and III in Dixon’s complaint. They also request the removal of certain statutory references in Count I while seeking additional relief deemed “just and proper.”
Dixon is alleging “ongoing sexual harassment and career sabotage” in two separate incidents that occurred in January 2001 and again later that same year.
By invoking the New York Adult Survivors Act (ASA) and the New York City Gender Motivated Violence Act (GMVA), she resurrects previously time-barred allegations, thereby prolonging the statute of limitations for civil actions related to specific sexual offenses.
Currently, Dixon’s sexual abuse allegations align with applicable laws, but Reid’s legal team contends that she is leveraging these laws to “springboard claims of career frustration and disappointment for which there are no timely or cognizable causes of action.”
They believe she’s taking “inappropriate advantage of specially enacted laws as ‘catch-all’ alternatives for causes of action which cannot stand on their own and are too late to assert.”
According to reports, the first alleged misconduct transpired on a flight departing from Teterboro Airport in New Jersey, while the second incident occurred in a chauffeur-driven car in New York City on the way to Dixon’s home.
Reid’s attorneys argue Dixon was not forced or deceived into boarding the plane or accepting a ride. They emphasize that “she was not compelled to go along for either ride against her will.”
Due to unclear venue details regarding the alleged conduct in the Southern or Eastern District of New York, they seek dismissal of Count II.
Additionally, Reid’s attorneys seek to dismiss the claim of intentional infliction of emotional distress, contending, “The allegations in the complaint, though undoubtedly unprofessional, distasteful, and improper, do not rise to the level of extreme and outrageous behavior required for an IIED claim in New York.”
According to the lawsuit, Dixon also alleges two separate occasions of “fondling… beneath… clothes” and “digital penetration of v*gina without consent.”
Reid’s attorneys assert that Dixon hasn’t established a cause of action for the 10 PL sections in Count I, noting they “contain elements not alleged in or supported by the complaint and are not applicable to a competent adult plaintiff.”
Dixon asserts that in 2001, while at Arista, L.A. Reid assaulted her twice. She is also accusing the executive of hindering her career following the assaults.
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