{"id":199394,"date":"2019-01-26T05:57:09","date_gmt":"2019-01-26T10:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=199394"},"modified":"2019-01-26T05:57:28","modified_gmt":"2019-01-26T10:57:28","slug":"rapper-nelly-seeks-dismissal-of-lawsuit-alleging-sex-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/01\/26\/rapper-nelly-seeks-dismissal-of-lawsuit-alleging-sex-assault\/","title":{"rendered":"Rapper Nelly seeks dismissal of lawsuit alleging sex assault"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The woman accuses Nelly, whose real name is Cornell Haynes Jr., of assaulting her in a dressing room at the concert venue in Essex in December 2017. (File Photo By Photobra|Adam Bielawski – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

ST. LOUIS \u2014 The rapper Nelly is asking a U.S. court to dismiss a British woman’s lawsuit that alleges he sexually assaulted her after a concert in England.<\/p>\n

The federal lawsuit was filed in November in St. Louis, the rapper’s hometown. The woman accuses Nelly, whose real name is Cornell Haynes Jr., of assaulting her in a dressing room at the concert venue in Essex in December 2017. Nelly hasn’t been criminally charged and has denied the allegations.<\/p>\n

The woman is identified only as Jane Doe in the lawsuit.<\/p>\n

Nelly’s attorney, Scott Rosenblum, filed a response to the lawsuit Thursday, arguing that the woman shouldn’t be allowed to remain anonymous and \u201cavoid public scrutiny.\u201d<\/p>\n

The woman alleges that she paid to have her photo taken with the 44-year-old rapper after the concert before he took her to a separate room and sexually assaulted her.<\/p>\n

The woman’s attorney, Karen Koehler, said the woman reported the incident to police more than a year ago and she believes the investigation is ongoing. Essex police didn’t immediately respond to an after-hours phone message from The Associated Press seeking information Friday.<\/p>\n

Rosenblum argued that a \u201ccloak of anonymity\u201d for the accuser invites people with personal vendettas \u201cto use the federal court system as a tool to inflict calculated harm against others’ reputations\u201d while protecting themselves from scrutiny \u201cthat false accusations properly risk and invite.\u201d<\/p>\n

The lawsuit is the second such case filed against the rapper. In September, Nelly settled a lawsuit filed by a woman who alleged he raped her on his tour bus in suburban Seattle.<\/p>\n

Police in Washington arrested Nelly in October 2017, but prosecutors didn’t file charges, citing a lack of co-operation by the accuser. Rosenblum said those accusations were fabricated.<\/p>\n

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Associated Press journalist Gregory Katz in London contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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