Trey Songz is being sued for $10 million in a lawsuit accusing him of sexual battery and assault after he allegedly grabbed and uncovered a girl’s breast at a pool celebration, in keeping with courtroom paperwork obtained by Rolling Stone.
The lawsuit, filed in federal courtroom on Thursday, additionally named Songz’s manufacturing firm, Atlantic Information, and his supervisor Kevin Liles as defendants.
Incident Stems From 2013 Pool Get together The place Rapper Was Filmed Grabbing And Exposing A Lady’s Breast
The swimsuit claims all three had been negligent in supervising their shopper and had been “accountable in some method” for his actions.
In the meantime, Songz’s lawyer Michael Freedman maintained his shopper’s innocence in an announcement offered to TMZ. He added that the lawsuit is “one other instance of decade-old allegations being repurposed right into a federal case.”
“(They’re) benefiting from California’s constitutionally questionable new ‘look-back window.’ We sit up for vindicating Trey on the deserves in courtroom.”
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Trey Songz is dealing with a lawsuit for alleged sexual assault, which stems from an incident the place he uncovered a girl’s breast at a pool celebration outdoors a Connecticut on line casino.
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Sufferer Despatched Demand Letter To Rapper’s Authorized Workforce Final 12 months After Songz’s 2021 Vegas Assault Case
The sufferer, Megan Johnson, despatched a requirement letter to Songz and his authorized group final yr, TMZ reported.
Within the letter, Johnson’s attorneys claimed the rapper’s 2021 Vegas sexual assault case prompted Megan to hunt justice for herself. (NOTE: the Vegas case was dropped weeks earlier than the demand letter was despatched.)
The incident with Johnson reportedly occurred at his “Foxwoods Liquid Sundays with Trey Songz” occasion in Aug. 2013. There, the rapper was filmed grabbing and pulling out the sufferer’s breast from her bikini prime, allegedly with out her consent.
Johnson’s encounter with Songz within the VIP tent was filmed. Her attorneys imagine the video might be a slam dunk by way of proof.
Johnson Says Incident Has Left Her Humiliated, Struggling Emotional Trauma
In the meantime, the sufferer’s lawsuit claims the defendants ought to have already identified about Songz’s “sexual proclivities” and had been, in flip, chargeable for his actions that day.
Johnson says the incident left her humiliated and with emotional trauma. Her attorneys added she was in the end pressured to curtail her promising profession a number of months later because of the embarrassment following the incident.
She reportedly gave Songz and his group weeks to reply to the demand letter earlier than submitting a lawsuit.
Johnson is in search of a minimum of $10 million in damages, in keeping with TMZ.
