Baltimore-born music government Kevin Liles is publicly accusing rapper Shanell Jones, often known as Girl Luck, of threatening to sue him and publish what he calls a e-book of “false and horrendous accusations” until he pays her $30 million. Liles, who’s already going through a separate sexual assault lawsuit, launched an announcement on Tuesday addressing the claims.
Liles alleges that Jones, whom he signed to Def Jam Data within the late Nineteen Nineties when she was below 18, is making an attempt to take advantage of latest headlines involving him for monetary acquire. Simply months earlier, a former Def Jam worker filed a lawsuit accusing Liles of rape and sexual assault throughout his tenure because the label’s president within the early 2000s.
In his assertion, Liles stated Jones has threatened to go public with claims that he groomed her and tried to coerce her into performing oral intercourse. He strongly denies the allegations.
“It appears Ms. Jones hopes to leverage the present information surroundings to strain me into writing an exorbitant test with a view to keep away from the unfavorable publicity that may seemingly end result from her false claims,” Liles wrote. “I intend to vigorously battle any grievance she might file and can take no matter authorized motion is important in opposition to her and the attorneys who’ve participated on this tried shakedown.”
Liles known as Jones’s allegations “completely false,” citing what he described as a longstanding private {and professional} relationship together with her over the previous 26 years. He added that her claims are inconsistent together with her earlier public feedback about him and her time at Def Jam.
Every week after the lawsuit from the unnamed former worker was filed on February 26, Jones appeared on Sway’s Universe and carried out a freestyle rap on the Extra time platform, hinting at a previous involving abuse and exploitation within the music business.
“Business secrets and techniques, I preserve. Why? These n***** is creeps,” she rapped. “I used to be 17 in highschool… the place pimps and pedophiles is simply the n***** I’m signed to.”
Jones’s efficiency additionally referenced different high-profile figures going through allegations, together with Sean “Diddy” Combs and Rick Ross.
Whereas a consultant for Jones has not responded to requests for remark, she continues to launch music and operates two companies: a wellness model, LuckiPunch, and a customized crown firm, LuckiCrowns.
Liles said that he has empathy for Jones’s private struggles, together with previous substance abuse and psychological well being points, however emphasised that he refuses to be intimidated.
“She has vented frustration and anger in the direction of many people (together with her family) for the truth that she has by no means achieved the extent of success she wishes,” he stated. “No matter my empathy for Ms. Jones, I cannot be extorted.”
Liles’s profession spans many years, starting at Def Jam, working alongside artists like Jay-Z, later co-founded 300 Leisure, residence to stars like Megan Thee Stallion, and at present serves as CEO of 300 Elektra Leisure below Warner Music Group. He additionally helped lead the Preakness Stay Pageant in 2022.
The 57-year-old was raised in Baltimore and is a graduate of Woodlawn Excessive Faculty and Morgan State College.
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