{"id":8715,"date":"2025-11-25T02:34:48","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T02:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/kevin-liles-beats-sexual-assault-lawsuit-from-ex-def-jam-assistant\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T02:34:48","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T02:34:48","slug":"kevin-liles-beats-sexual-assault-lawsuit-from-ex-def-jam-assistant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/kevin-liles-beats-sexual-assault-lawsuit-from-ex-def-jam-assistant\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Liles Beats Sexual Assault Lawsuit From Ex-Def Jam Assistant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n\tA judge has thrown out civil sexual assault claims brought against Kevin Liles<\/strong> by an executive assistant who worked for the legendary record executive at Def Jam in the early 2000s.<\/p>\n

\n\tAn anonymous woman filed suit in February alleging Liles, who was her boss and the president of Def Jam, made sexually inappropriate comments, groped her and ultimately raped her in 2002. Liles denied the claims as \u201cpatently false,\u201d saying when they were filed that he has \u201cintentionally built a reputation for doing things the right way, treating people the right way and empowering women.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tAs it turns out, these allegations are barred entirely from court. That\u2019s because Def Jam\u2019s corporate parent, Universal Music Group (UMG), already paid the woman $47,500 in 2005 to settle a civil rights complaint she\u2019d filed with New York state regulators.<\/p>\n

\n\tThat original complaint alleged the woman was unlawfully fired in retaliation for complaining about verbal harassment and inappropriate dancing by Liles. It did not include rape claims. Without admitting any wrongdoing, UMG agreed to pay the woman in exchange for her agreeing not to bring any further legal action.<\/p>\n

\n\tLiles was not involved in that settlement agreement, since he\u2019d left Def Jam by the time it was signed. But U.S. District Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald held in a Monday (Nov. 24) order that the release language still \u201cexpressly and unambiguously covered\u201d Liles, meaning the woman cannot now sue the music mogul.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe agreement and release itself contains no language cabining its terms at all,\u201d wrote Judge Buchwald. \u201cTo the contrary, the agreement consistently and intentionally utilizes broad language discharging \u2018any and all\u2019 claims which \u2018are known or reasonably should be known\u2019 by plaintiff.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe judge threw out the lawsuit permanently, saying there\u2019s no amendment the woman could make that would allow her to \u201cavoid the consequences of a comprehensive settlement agreement.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tReps for Liles declined to comment on the decision Monday. Lawyers for the accuser did not immediately return requests for comment.<\/p>\n

\n\tLiles ran Def Jam from 1999 to 2004, and he co-founded 300 Entertainment with Lyor Cohen<\/strong>, Roger Gold<\/strong> and Todd Moscowitz <\/strong>in 2012. The label, which quickly gained recognition for developing hip-hop superstars like Megan Thee Stallion, Migos and Young Thug, was acquired by Warner for $400 million in 2021. He left his role as 300\u2019s CEO last year.<\/p>\n

\n\tA few months after the former Def Jam assistant brought her lawsuit this past year, Liles put out a statement saying rapper Lady Luck was trying to extort him with false sexual assault claims of her own. Liles said in May that Lady Luck, who was signed to Def Jam during his tenure, had threatened to release a book and file a lawsuit filled with \u201cutterly false and horrendous allegations\u201d if he didn\u2019t pay her $30 million.<\/p>\n


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