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Kevin Liles will now need to clear his identify in a courtroom of regulation. A former Def Jam Data worker is suing him for sexual assault.
As per Selection, the previous music government and the famed file label are dealing with some severe claims from a former feminine worker. Jane Doe has named Common Music Group, Def Jam Data and Kevin Liles as defendants and claims she was not solely harassed on the office but additionally sexually assaulted. Doe says she was employed as an government assistant in 1999 and Kevin regularly made “derogatory and degrading feedback based mostly on her gender concerning her physique and look.”
The plaintiff remembers that the therapy obtained progressively worse over time. In 2002 she refused sexual advances made by Kevin Liles to which he allegedly compelled himself on her and raped her. Her declare additionally states that government management at Common Music Group and Def Jam “not solely knew or ought to have recognized” of Liles’ “propensity to commit the aforementioned crimes of violence.”
Kevin Liles has responded in an unique assertion to Selection and refuted the allegations made towards him. “I completely deny the outrageous claims reported within the press this night,” he mentioned. “I want I might share a extra detailed response to this slander, however that is the primary I’ve heard of this declare and the nameless accuser’s lawyer shared the lawsuit with gossip influencers and media shops earlier than it was even posted by the courtroom, so my attorneys and I’ve not seen the precise lawsuit” he added. “My attorneys and I’ll absolutely clear my identify, and after we are profitable, this nameless accuser and her lawyer will face a defamation lawsuit and each different out there authorized consequence.”
Common Music Group has but to publicly touch upon the matter. Kevin Liles served because the president of Def Jam and government vice chairman at Island Def Jam from 1999 to 2004.
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