Longtime music industry figurehead and Interscope Records co-founder Jimmy Iovine has been sued over alleged sexual misconduct and abuse.
A summons for Iovine was filed in Supreme Court of New York County yesterday (November 22) by the attorney for a woman identified as Jane Doe, who alleges she was "sexually abused, forcibly touched, and subjected to sexual harassment and retaliation" by the mogul in August 2007. She intends to sue the record executive for alleged assault and battery, as well as violations of the New York City Victims of Gender-Motivated Violence Protection Act and the New York City Human Rights Law.
The filing contained limited details surrounding Doe's claims, but a lawsuit is to be expected by the end of the year. The plaintiff is seeking an unspecified amount of damages, and her attorney, Douglas Wigdor, has thus far declined to comment further on the case.
A spokesperson for Iovine said he was "shocked and baffled" by the allegations in a statement to Rolling Stone. "This inquiry is the first we've heard of this matter," the representative said. "No one has ever made a claim like this against Jimmy Iovine, nor have we been contacted or made aware of any complaint by anyone, including this unknown plaintiff prior to now."
The music mogul has 20 days to respond to the summons, or 30 if it isn't delivered to him in person. The legal action against Iovine comes in the final hours of New York's Adult Survivors' Act, which has allowed alleged sexual assaults to be reported beyond the statute of limitations in civil suits over the past year. Jamie Foxx, Anti-Flag's Justin Sane and Axl Rose are among the defendants named in new filings from this week alone.
A summons for Iovine was filed in Supreme Court of New York County yesterday (November 22) by the attorney for a woman identified as Jane Doe, who alleges she was "sexually abused, forcibly touched, and subjected to sexual harassment and retaliation" by the mogul in August 2007. She intends to sue the record executive for alleged assault and battery, as well as violations of the New York City Victims of Gender-Motivated Violence Protection Act and the New York City Human Rights Law.
The filing contained limited details surrounding Doe's claims, but a lawsuit is to be expected by the end of the year. The plaintiff is seeking an unspecified amount of damages, and her attorney, Douglas Wigdor, has thus far declined to comment further on the case.
A spokesperson for Iovine said he was "shocked and baffled" by the allegations in a statement to Rolling Stone. "This inquiry is the first we've heard of this matter," the representative said. "No one has ever made a claim like this against Jimmy Iovine, nor have we been contacted or made aware of any complaint by anyone, including this unknown plaintiff prior to now."
The music mogul has 20 days to respond to the summons, or 30 if it isn't delivered to him in person. The legal action against Iovine comes in the final hours of New York's Adult Survivors' Act, which has allowed alleged sexual assaults to be reported beyond the statute of limitations in civil suits over the past year. Jamie Foxx, Anti-Flag's Justin Sane and Axl Rose are among the defendants named in new filings from this week alone.
