Dr. Dre’s Biz Companion Jimmy Iovine’s Accuser Drops Sexual Abuse Lawsuit

A girl dismissed her sexual abuse and harassment lawsuit towards Interscope Information co-founder Jimmy Iovine. In accordance with court docket paperwork obtained by AllHipHop, Iovine’s accuser filed a discover of discontinuance of her claims with prejudice on February 15.

“Please take discover that pursuant to New York Civil Follow Legislation and Guidelines 3217(a)(1), whereas no celebration hereto is an toddler, incompetent particular person for whom a committee has been appointed or conservatee and no particular person not a celebration has an curiosity in the subject material of the motion, this motion as towards Defendant Jimmy Iovine is hereby discontinued in its entirety with prejudice and with out prices to any celebration as towards the opposite,” her attorneys wrote. “This discover could also be filed with out additional discover with the Clerk of the Court docket.”

The id of Iovine’s accuser was not revealed. The girl recognized herself as Jane Doe within the grievance towards Dr. Dre’s longtime enterprise associate. A spokesperson for Iovine mentioned he was “shocked and baffled” by the allegations.

“This inquiry is the primary we’ve heard of this matter,” his spokesperson mentioned. “Nobody has ever made a declare like this towards Jimmy Iovine, nor have we been contacted or made conscious of any grievance by anybody, together with this unknown plaintiff before now.”

Final 12 months, Jane Doe sued Iovine for “a number of situations of sexual abuse and forcible touching of her, together with a particular incident of sexual misconduct” in 2007. She pursued authorized motion through New York’s Grownup Survivors Act, which expired in November 2023.

The Grownup Survivors Act created a one-year window for sexual assault victims to sue their accusers no matter when the alleged abuse occurred. Fellow music mogul Diddy confronted a number of lawsuits underneath the act.

Jane Doe dismissed her lawsuit with prejudice, which implies she can not refile the declare once more in the identical court docket. She was looking for unspecific damages from Iovine earlier than the dismissal.