Dr. Dre and Iovine unveil new high-tech building at USC
Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine open the new University of Southern California Academy for Arts and Technology, a high-tech building to which they donated a combined $70 million in 2013. (October 3)
AP, AP
Interscope Records co-founder Jimmy Iovine was accused of sexual abuse in a subpoena filed in a Manhattan court on Wednesday.
The plaintiff, who goes by the name Jane Doe, claims in court documents filed in New York County Supreme Court, which were reviewed by USA TODAY, that she was “sexually abused, forcibly touched and subjected to sexual harassment and retaliation” in incidents around August 2007. The full appeal will be filed at a later date.
She is seeking economic damages, compensatory damages, punitive damages and attorneys’ fees and costs, court documents show.
USA TODAY has reached out to Iovine’s attorney for comment. An unnamed spokesperson for Iovine told Rolling Stone and Portal that they were “shocked and amazed” by the allegations.
“This investigation is the first we have heard of this matter,” the spokesman told media. “No one has ever made such a claim against Jimmy Iovine, nor have we been contacted or made aware of a complaint by anyone, including this unknown plaintiff.”
The music executive is the latest entertainment figure to face sexual abuse allegations under New York’s expiring Adult Survivors Act, which gives victims of sexual abuse a one-year reprieve from claims that would otherwise be barred by time limits. This window closes on November 23rd, the Thanksgiving holiday.
Others recently sued under the Adult Survivors Act include Sean “Diddy” Combs, Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose and Bill Cosby.
More: Joan Tarshis, one of Bill Cosby’s first accusers, is suing the actor for alleged sexual assault