Guns N’ Roses star Axl Rose has been accused of sexual assault in a brand new lawsuit, filed in New York this week. Said swimsuit comes from mannequin and actress Sheila Kennedy, who says Rose violently assaulted her in a lodge room in 1989.
In the swimsuit, Kennedy alleges that she met Rose at an evening membership in New York on the top of Guns N’ Roses’ fame, and was invited again to his lodge room for a celebration with one other girl, in addition to MTV star “Riki” Rachtman. (Who allegedly advised Kennedy “It’s going to get unhealthy” as soon as Rose began getting violent.) Although initially taken with Rose, Kennedy says she turned uncomfortable after he started having intercourse with the opposite girl; when she retreated to a different lodge room, she alleges that Rose finally barged in, dragged her to his room by her hair, tied her up, and raped her. Per the lawsuit: “Rose made no try to ask for or examine that Kennedy was consenting.”
The lawsuit has been filed beneath the auspices of New York’s Adult Survivors Act, which expires quickly; the regulation extends the statute of limitations on crimes associated to sexual assault. As famous by The Washington Post, Rose has been accused by two former romantic companions (Erin Everly and Stephanie Seymour) of abusive habits; the swimsuit additionally mentions not less than one different incident of alleged sexual assault, from 1985, when Rose was accused of, however not prosecuted for, having intercourse with a 15-year-old lady.
Rose, for his half, has denied all allegations towards him, along with his lawyer bluntly stating that “This incident by no means occurred. Though he doesn’t deny the potential of a fan photograph taken in passing, Mr. Rose has no recollection of ever assembly or chatting with the Plaintiff, and has by no means heard about these fictional allegations previous to as we speak. Mr. Rose is assured this case might be resolved in his favor.”
Kennedy—most well-known as a mannequin for Penthouse, and likewise a former contestant on CBS’s Big Brother—says she continues to endure PTSD-like signs each time Rose or his band are talked about, is in search of an unspecified quantity of compensatory damages for psychological and emotional misery.
