February 10, (THEWILL) – Tremaine Aldon Neverson, aka Trey Songz, is facing a new lawsuit over an existing rape allegation.
According to Rolling Stone, an anonymous accuser has refiled a lawsuit over claims that the singer raped her at a party in March 2016.
The woman, identified as Jane Doe, is reportedly suing for $25 million. Her allegations are in line with claims that she previously filed in a $20 million lawsuit last February. But the suit was dismissed last November after Songz’s team argued that her claim was past the statute of limitations.
Doe stated in both suits that she once had a consensual sexual history with Songz, and had expected to have another consensual encounter with him during a house party in March 2016.
She alleged that instead, Songz threw her to the ground and anally raped her as she screamed in pain and begged him to stop.
After the alleged incident, Doe claimed that a concerned rideshare driver took her to a nearby hospital, where she received medical treatment and sexual-assault counselling.
Also, she claimed that the singer later harassed her at a new year eve party, allegedly calling her a slut and a liar and getting security to kick her out.
According to the lawsuit, Doe moved to another state out of fear of Songz, but was still allegedly threatened by another musician, who told her to keep Songz’s name out of her fucking mouth or he’d kill her.
In addition to the allegations, Doe also named Songz’s label, Atlantic Records, his manager, Kevin Liles, and Liles’s label, 300 Entertainment, as defendants, claiming that the executives are partly responsible for the singer’s alleged behaviour.
Doe also pointed to multiple other allegations of sexual assault, sexual intimidation and physical violence that have been levelled against Songz in recent years.
“This case is much more than about one singer and one viciously abused sexual assault survivor who has the courage to take action.
“It’s also very much about the systematic sexual abuse in the music industry and the music industry’s complicity in silencing sexual abuse survivors. It’s virtually impossible to believe that those executives are not and were not aware of the institutionalised sexual abuse”, Doe’s attorney, George Vrabeck, told Rolling Stone.
