Rocker Tommy Lee was accused of sexually assaulting a woman in a helicopter while flying from San Diego to Los Angeles in 2003.
The woman said in court documents obtained by TMZ that she was a friend of the pilot and he invited her on a trip.
But as she reached the tarmac, she encountered Tommy Lee, the Motley Crue drummer, waiting to board the helicopter with them.
It is not clear whether she knew Lee before the February 2003 encounter.
She alleges that Lee, now 61, and the pilot drank, snorted cocaine and smoked marijuana during the flight.
Tommy Lee, seen in September 2021, was accused of sexual assault by an unnamed woman in February 2003
Lee is seen with Pamela Anderson, his third wife. They were married from 1995-98. In 2019, he married influencer Brittany Furlan, 37
Lee can be seen drumming in Melbourne, Australia on November 14th
She said Lee – who divorced his third wife, Pamela Anderson, in 1998 – then grabbed her and forced her to sit on his lap.
The woman said Lee groped and kissed her, and when she tried to pull away, he grabbed her and pulled her back toward him. She said he then penetrated her with his fingers and groped her breasts.
She said Lee pulled down his pants and tried to push her head into his groin, but she broke free.
Upon landing in Los Angeles, Lee hugged her and then left, and the woman and the pilot flew back to San Diego in silence.
She said she never went to the police because she didn't think they would believe her.
Lee did not respond to 's request for comment.
Since the rise of Motley Crue in the 1980s, Lee and his bandmates have been hailed as one of rock's greatest bands, but have also been known for their extreme acts of heroism and injustice. Nikki Sixx, Mick Mars, Tommy Lee, Vince Neil seen in 1985
Over the years, among other darker themes, he has been accused of controlling tendencies that came to the fore during his turbulent romance with his then-wife Anderson. He famously served six months in prison for abusing the actress as she held their two-month-old son Dylan – for which she eventually filed for divorce and pressed charges
During the height and heady days of Motley Crue's fame, he admitted to drinking about two gallons of vodka every day
Since the rise of Motley Crue in the 1980s, Lee and his bandmates have been hailed as one of rock's greatest bands, but are also known for their extreme exploits and misdeeds.
Recently, Lee gave an interview about how he and his bandmates had no control over their alcohol and drug use.
Over the years, among other darker themes, he has been accused of controlling tendencies that came to the fore during his turbulent romance with his then-wife Anderson.
He famously served six months in prison for abusing the actress as she held their two-month-old son Dylan – for which she eventually filed for divorce and pressed charges.
During the height and heady days of Motley Crue's fame, he admitted to drinking about two gallons of vodka every day.
In an October episode of comedian Bill Maher's Club Random podcast, Lee recalled drinking a lot and doing cocaine.
He said that when he and his bandmate Nikki Sixx ran out of cocaine, they injected Jack Daniels so they could keep partying.
“It was fast, faster, louder and harder,” he recalled and explained. “We would do this shit all the time.”
In an October episode of comedian Bill Maher's Club Random podcast, Lee recalled drinking a lot and doing cocaine. He said that if he and his bandmate Nikki Sixx ran out of cocaine, they would inject Jack Daniels so they could keep partying; Sixx and Lee seen in 1990
In the autobiography of his band “The Dirt”, he and his bandmates also spoke openly about their lives marked by drugs, alcohol and sex; Lee, Mars, Neil and Sixx in 2004
In the autobiography of his band “The Dirt”, he and his bandmates also speak openly about their lives marked by drugs, alcohol and sex.
In one particular segment, Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx spoke about an incident with Lee and admitted to “pretty much” raping a woman – a confession he has since retracted and for which he apologized in a statement to Rolling Stone apologized in the statement released.
His recollection in the book states that he tricked a woman into thinking she was having sex with him in the dark at a party, but it was actually Lee.
The woman later reported that she was raped in a separate incident that same night as she left the party and attempted to hitchhike home.
The “embellished” story led to no charges, but Motley Crue as a whole had a rap sheet full of arrests.
Lee served just over two years of a possible three-year prison sentence after being convicted of gun possession in 2021.
Most infamously, he was spared state prison but spent 180 days in prison in 1998 after being charged with a spousal abuse crime involving Anderson.
The charges related to an incident last February when authorities received a domestic violence call from the Baywatch star, according to MTV.
Most infamously, he was spared state prison but spent 180 days in prison in 1998 after being charged with a spousal abuse crime involving Anderson. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department reported that she suffered a broken fingernail on her right hand, a bloody hand and bruises on her back during the altercation with Lee.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department reported that she suffered a broken fingernail on her right hand, a bloody hand and bruises on her back during the altercation with Lee.
He was also sentenced to three years probation and ordered not to come within 100 yards of Anderson.
He was also ordered to perform 200 hours of community service and pay a $5,000 fine to the Santa Monica Battered Women's Association.
Earlier that same year, he was also involved in another case and pleaded innocent to an assault charge after an altercation with a security guard during a concert at the America West Arena in Phoenix.