Music government L.A. Reid has settled a lawsuit by a earlier worker who accused him of sexual assault and harassment, Billboard reviews. Particulars of the settlement—which was introduced in the present day, January 12, the day Reid’s trial was scheduled to start—weren’t disclosed.
In 2023, Drew Dixon, a former vp of A&R at Arista Information, alleged Reid had groped and digitally penetrated her with out consent on two separate events whereas she labored on the label. The primary incident reportedly passed off on a personal aircraft to an organization retreat; the second in Reid’s automotive. After Dixon rebuffed Reid at future outings, she claims he derailed her profession. Dixon filed her lawsuit underneath the Grownup Survivors Act, which opened a one-year window for civil lawsuits involving sexual offenses, even when the statute of limitations had run out. In 2017, Reid stepped down from his place at Epic Information following a separate sexual-harassment allegation.
In an announcement to Pitchfork, an lawyer for Reid wrote that their consumer had “amicably resolved this matter with Ms. Dixon with none admission of legal responsibility.”
“Drew Dixon is an awfully gifted music government, and this decision will empower her to maneuver ahead together with her artistic pursuits—on her personal phrases—together with her fame, her voice, and her profession reaffirmed,” Dixon’s lawyer, Kenya Davis, stated in an announcement to Pitchfork. Dixon added, “I hope my work as an advocate for the Grownup Survivors Act helps to carry us nearer to a safer music enterprise for everybody. In a world the place excellent news is usually exhausting to search out, I hope for survivors that in the present day is a ray of sunshine peeking by means of the clouds.”
In 2017, Dixon accused the music mogul Russell Simmons of rape. She later appeared in On the Record, a documentary that detailed these allegations.
