Music govt L.A. Reid has settled a lawsuit by a earlier worker who accused him of sexual assault and harassment, Billboard experiences. Particulars of the settlement—which was introduced at this time, January 12, the day Reid’s trial was scheduled to start—weren’t disclosed.
In 2023, Drew Dixon, a former vice chairman of A&R at Arista Data, 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 occurred on a personal airplane to an organization retreat; the second in Reid’s automobile. After Dixon rebuffed Reid at future outings, she claims he derailed her profession. Dixon filed her lawsuit below 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 Data following a separate sexual-harassment allegation.
In an announcement to Pitchfork, Imran H. Ansari, an lawyer for Reid wrote that their shopper had “amicably resolved this matter with Ms. Dixon with none admission of legal responsibility.”
“Drew Dixon is a very proficient music govt, and this decision will empower her to maneuver ahead together with her inventive pursuits—on her personal phrases—together with her status, 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 deliver us nearer to a safer music enterprise for everybody. In a world the place excellent news is usually laborious to seek out, I hope for survivors that at this time is a ray of sunshine peeking via the clouds.”
In 2017, Dixon accused the music mogul Russell Simmons of rape. She later appeared in On the Document, a documentary that detailed these allegations.
