Drew Dixon Files a Lawsuit Against L.A. Reid

Six years ago former record exec Drew Dixon accused L.A. Reid of blacklisting her in the music industry after she refused his advances when he was her boss at Arista Records  [click here if you missed that].

Now Drew is taking L.A. to court...

From Variety

Antonio L.A. Reid, cofounder of LaFace Records and former head of Arista, Epic and Def Jam Records, has been accused of sexual assault and harassment in a lawsuit by former Arista executive Drew Dixon.

The suit, which was filed Wednesday in Manhattan’s Federal District Court and obtained by Variety, claims that Reid assaulted her twice during her time at Arista in the early 2000s. She says that after she declined his advances, he retaliated against her professionally, causing her to miss out on signing or developing artists such as John Legend. She left the company in 2002.

Dixon also accused Def Jam cofounder Russell Simmons of rape in 2017, a claim he has denied. Her lawsuit against Reid claims that Simmons raped her in 1995, although he is not named as a defendant. She told the New York Times that she is still evaluating her legal options with regard to Simmons.

“I have an opportunity now to seek some degree of accountability,” Dixon told the Times. “And that’s really what I’m trying to do.”

Dixon’s complaint falls under the Adult Survivors Act, a New York law enacted last year that opened a one-year window for civil lawsuits from anyone who was over 18 when they say that abuse occurred. The window closes on Nov. 24.