US actor Jamie Foxx and Guns N’ Roses front man Axl Rose were on Wednesday each accused of sexual assault, part of multiple suits filed in New York before a statute of limitations deadline.
In the filing against Rose, actress and model Sheila Kennedy alleges that Rose “sexually assaulted her” in 1989 and that she “did not consent and felt overpowered.”
The alleged victim in the Foxx case, identified only as Jane Doe, said Foxx “intentionally and without consent used force to offensively touch” her, by groping her at a rooftop bar in Manhattan in 2015.
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Both filings say they were being submitted pursuant to the New York Adult Survivors Act, a law for litigating sexual assault suits on cases that otherwise happened too long ago.
The 61-year-old lead singer of the heavy rock band, famous for albums such as Appetite for Destruction, has yet to comment.
He attended the Las Vegas Formula One Grand Prix over the weekend, ahead of the complaint being lodged.
The incident is alleged to have happened in a New York hotel room after the pair met in a nightclub.
The civil case calls for Rose to face a jury trial and for the jury to award Kennedy “punitive damages.”
In the complaint, Rose allegedly forced anal sex on Kennedy. Kennedy’s lawyers said she “believed Rose would physically attack her, or worse, if she said ‘no’ or attempted to push him away.”
“Rose used his fame, status, and power as a celebrity and performer in the music industry to gain access to manipulate, control and violently assault Kennedy,” the complaint says.
In the Foxx case, his accuser alleged the Oscar-winning actor, 55, grabbed her by the “arm and pulled her to the back area of the rooftop” after meeting her at the bar. Once there, he allegedly proceeded to grope the plaintiff until a friend came looking for her.
She also called for Foxx to face a jury trial that could award punitive damages.
The suit says the plaintiff “will permanently be affected by the injuries and emotional distress she incurred as a result of the sexual assault, abuse, assault and battery.”
Foxx is also a comedian and Grammy-winning singer, winning an Academy Award in 2005 for the Ray Charles musical biopic Ray. He was nominated for an Oscar for Collateral that same year.
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