Last week, several Hollywood stars were embroiled in scandal over alleged sexual assaults or abuse, triggering a wave of lawsuits, all of which were filed in New York.
It’s no coincidence that all of the lawsuits, involving celebrities, were filed in New York, the state has a special law called the “New York Adult Survivors Law,” under which victims can sue regardless of how long ago the sexual assault happened.
Amount demands to high-profile people in the past week because it is legislationwhich gave the victims a period of one year to bring their attackers to justice, was running out, it expired on November 23, precisely on Thanksgiving day.
The New York Justice complaints received for 2,600 cases of allegations sexual abuseHowever, once the law expires, people will no longer be able to sue for attacks that happened years ago.
As the law’s expiration date approached, several names, actors, musicians, and even politicians, surfaced. Here are some of the cases:
Axl Rose
The frontman of Guns N’ Roses was accused by model Sheila Kennedy. The events go back to 1989, more than 30 years ago, when the alleged victim attended a party thrown by Rose in the hotel room where she was staying.
The complaint stated that the model did not give her consent and she felt dominated, moreover, the musician was using her for his pleasure and she was not using a condom.’
The lawsuits were filed in New York, a state that had a law that allowed victims to sue regardless of how much time had passed since the assault.
Some of the defendants are repeat offenders, such as Axl Rose and Cuba Gooding Jr.
It is not the first time that Rose has been accused of sexual assault, he has denounced it in the pastlooking for a 15-year-old teenager and Erin Everly, his wife at the time, accused him of physical assault and sexual coercion.
Jamie Foxx
The woman, whose identity remains anonymous, sued the actor, with inscriptions in more than 80 titles, for touching her without her consentAccording to her, he inserted his fingers into her vagina and anus.
This allegedly happened in 2015, when a woman and a friend approached Foxx at the Catch NYC restaurant in New York to ask for a photo.
After agreeing to take the photo, Foxx dragged the woman away from where they were, touched her, and her friend came to her aid, even though one of the bodyguard He observed the situation, but did not intervene.
The victim He is seeking compensation, and the owner of the restaurant is also included in the lawsuit.
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs
Singer Cassie condemned him crimes of rape, exploitation and sexual abuse which took place between 2005 and 2018. Allegedly, “Diddy” led the singer to excessive consumption of alcohol and drugs, forced her to have sex with other men and filmed the encounters.
Cuba Gooding Jr., Eric Adams (Mayor of New York) i Russell Brandothers are high-profile individuals who have been sued for alleged sexual abuse.
Source: Panama America
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