A woman filed a lawsuit Wednesday against former Grammy Awards CEO Neil Portnow, accusing him of sexual assault in 2018 and against the Recording Academy for negligence.
The woman, who was not named, filed the lawsuit in the state Supreme Court in Manhattan under the Adult Survivors Act. The measure passed last year created a temporary opportunity for people suspected of sexual assault to file lawsuits beyond the state’s usual deadlines.
In the lawsuit, the woman, described as an internationally known musician who once played at Carnegie Hall, said she met Portnow in early 2018 and arranged to meet for an interview with him later that year at his hotel in New York City . Anus. She said he gave her a drink at the meeting, which caused her to temporarily pass out, and then proceeded to attack her.
A spokesman for Portnow, who resigned as CEO in 2019, said in an email that the allegations were “completely false” and “undoubtedly motivated by Mr. Portnow’s refusal to comply with the plaintiff’s outrageous demands for money” and assistance in obtaining one Residence visa for them.”
The woman said in the lawsuit that she contacted the academy about Portnow in late 2018.
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In a statement, the academy said: “We continue to believe the allegations are without merit and intend to vigorously defend the academy in this lawsuit.”
News of the allegations first came to light in 2020 after Portnow resigned. His successor, Deborah Dugan, was fired within months and responded to the allegations against her by filing a lawsuit against the academy.