Former CEO and chairman of the Recording Academy, Neil Portnow, and Grammy-winning music executive, L.A. Reid, have been accused of sexual assault in separate lawsuits. Drew Dixon, a former employee, sued L.A. Reid for assault and harassment, claiming he derailed her music career after she rejected his advances. Another lawsuit accuses Neil Portnow of drugging and raping a woman in 2018. The suits also allege negligence by the Recording Academy. Both Reid and Portnow have been publicly accused for the first time, with the allegations shaking the music industry.
"I have an opportunity now to seek some degree of accountability," Drew Dixon said, of accusing L.A. Reid of sexual assault and harassment in a lawsuit. "And that’s really what I’m trying to do." https://t.co/p7DCHNIM0E
SF Official Charged With a Number of Crimes Related to Alleged Sexual Assault. “I believe he will be exonerated,” said his attorney, who added there is no physical evidence of sexual assault. https://t.co/SHVQG0639A
The suit says that L.A. Reid, who was Drew Dixon’s boss starting in mid-2000 at Arista, assaulted her twice. When she successfully rebuffed him on other occasions, the suit says, he retaliated against her. https://t.co/p7DCHNIM0E
Neil Portnow's successor, Deborah Dugan, was terminated in what she called retaliation for accusing the Grammys of a range of abuses. Those incidents shook the music industry, but the woman who accused Portnow of rape had been publicly silent until now. https://t.co/Rdn6HGMTmr
Neil Portnow, former chairman of the Recording Academy, has been accused of sexual assault in a new lawsuit. https://t.co/5bjm4JO3eN
L.A. Reid is the subject of a lawsuit accusing him of sexual assault by former Arista executive Drew Dixon. https://t.co/7Gb0khlmZV
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The former head of the Grammy Awards was sued on Wednesday by a woman who said he drugged and raped her in a New York hotel room in 2018. In a statement, a representative of Neil Portnow called the allegations false. https://t.co/Rdn6HGMTmr
Woman sues ex-Grammys CEO for sexual assault and accuses Recording Academy of negligence https://t.co/GiCkzzJhVW https://t.co/hdhB4IH7wo
Musician Sues Former Grammy Awards CEO For Sexual Assault https://t.co/uWWjrhNqXh
Drew Dixon is suing L.A. Reid for sexual assault. She claims Reid assaulted her twice in 2001, then derailed her music career after she rejected his advances. Dixon helped advocate for New York’s Adult Survivors Act, under which she is now suing. https://t.co/jrc5kHZMu9
Music executive Antonio “L.A.” Reid has been sued by a former music executive who says he sexually assaulted her and derailed her career. https://t.co/kPeZcnvlIg
L.A. Reid Hit With Sexual Assault Lawsuit by Former Employee Drew Dixon https://t.co/7JmNDQItRe
A former music executive has sued L.A. Reid, alleging that he sexually assaulted and harassed her https://t.co/IDS0HntvM1
Music Mogul L.A. Reid Sued Over Sexual Assault Claim By Former Arista Records Executive https://t.co/5c2fGpqTHX
Former Grammys boss Neil Portnow accused of rape https://t.co/qJhhQ7NZV1 https://t.co/j4XxMfvfb5
Woman sues ex-Grammys CEO for sexual assault and accuses Recording Academy of negligence https://t.co/bgSZQtQntN https://t.co/d0qLpcmgVl
The suit says that L.A. Reid, who was Drew Dixon’s boss at Arista starting in mid-2000, assaulted her twice. When she successfully rebuffed him on other occasions, the suit says, he retaliated against her. https://t.co/p7DCHNIeb6
The Grammy-winning music executive Antonio Reid, who is known as L.A. and rose in the industry working with artists including Usher and TLC, has been accused of sexual assault and harassment in a lawsuit by Drew Dixon, who worked for him at Arista Records. https://t.co/RZJgB2DeEu
Neil Portnow, former chairman of the Recording Academy, has been accused of sexual assault in a new lawsuit. https://t.co/5bjm4JO3eN
Former Grammys CEO, Neil Portnow, Sued for Alleged Rape https://t.co/uQtxKoVOqp
The suit accuses Neil Portnow, who stepped down as chief executive of the Recording Academy in 2019, of sexual battery, and accuses the Recording Academy — the nonprofit group behind the Grammys — of negligence. https://t.co/Rdn6HGMlwT
Woman sues ex-Grammys CEO for sexual assault and accuses Recording Academy of negligence https://t.co/h93Z8EeDND https://t.co/jk01m3wKGQ
L.A. Reid has been accused of sexual assault in a new lawsuit. https://t.co/7Gb0khlUPt
Former Grammys head Neil Portnow has been sued by a musician who claims he sexually assaulted her in 2018 while acting as CEO. https://t.co/bXZBMCU6Rg
Former Recording Academy CEO Neil Portnow Sued for Allegedly Drugging & Raping a Woman in 2018 https://t.co/6jQSk6MLMF
Former Grammys CEO Neil Portnow Accused of Drugging and Raping An Artist in New Lawsuit More: https://t.co/LmrloaeK5G https://t.co/ZLGamw6pWh
Drew Dixon is suing L.A. Reid for sexual assault. She claims Reid assaulted her twice in 2001, then derailed her music career after she rejected his advances. Dixon helped advocate for New York’s Adult Survivors Act, under which she is now suing. https://t.co/8d2mDRZizE
L.A. Reid Accused of Sexual Assault in Lawsuit From Former Employee https://t.co/cCYNaxvQ87
A lawsuit filed in New York accuses Neil Portnow, the former CEO and chairman of the Recording Academy, of raping an anonymous instrumentalist in 2018. https://t.co/nZ1e9aZSYB