Kevin Liles has launched a press release claiming he’s being threatened with a sexual assault lawsuit from rapper Woman Luck, and he’s denying the claims.
Kevin Liles Reacts to Woman Luck Allegations
On Tuesday (Could 27), the previous Def Jam president put out a proper press launch revealing that he not too long ago acquired a letter from the attorneys of former Def Jam artist Woman Luck asking for $30 million or she would publish a e-book and file a lawsuit about being sexually assaulted by Liles whereas on the label.
Liles claims Luck, born Shanell Jones, alleges that he threatened to reveal himself to her and tried to drive her to carry out oral intercourse on him.
“None of this ever occurred,” Liles’ assertion reads. “Her threatened allegations are completely false. And they’re contradicted by Ms. Jones’s many public statements about me and her expertise at Def Jam. They’re additionally at odds along with her continued outreach and relationship with each my household and me for the previous 26 years. Her story is a fabrication. Fairly than pay her and her authorized crew, I’m publicly addressing what I view to be an extortion try.”
“It appears Ms. Jones hopes to leverage the present information surroundings to strain me into writing an exorbitant test so as to keep away from the unfavorable publicity that may possible consequence from her false claims,” Liles’ assertion continues. “I intend to vigorously combat any criticism she might file and can take no matter authorized motion is important in opposition to her and the attorneys who’ve participated on this tried shakedown.”
Along with his assertion, Liles has created a whole web site, ladylucksownwords.com, the place he has compiled dozens of interviews and tweets the place Woman Luck speaks and posts extremely about her time on Def Jam and dealing with Liles.
XXL has reached out to Woman Luck for remark.
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That is the second time this yr that Liles has confronted related allegations. Again in February, he was sued by a former Def Jam worker who claims she was raped by the music exec whereas working as his govt assistant within the early 2000s. Liles vehemently denied the claims.
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