Former president of the Recording Academy Michael Greene has been accused of sexual assault and battery in a brand new lawsuit. Right here’s the most recent.
A former govt director of the Los Angeles chapter of the Recording Academy sued Greene in Los Angeles County Superior Courtroom this week. The lawsuit alleges sexual assault and battery, negligence and harassment by the hands of Greene, who oversaw the Grammy Awards ceremony from the late ‘80s to 2002.
“Defendant Greene and/or Defendant Academy have engaged in a cover-up or tried cover-up,” the lawsuit alleges. The go well with was filed underneath California’s Sexual Abuse and Cowl-Up Accountability Act. It comes simply weeks after one other former Recording Academy chief, Neil Portnow, confronted allegations in New York underneath the Grownup Survivors Act.
Michael Greene resigned from the Recording Academy in 2002 after an investigation into separate assault and harassment claims. There was additionally an investigation into mismanaged funds of the MusiCares non-profit group, which Greene helped present in 1989.
“In gentle of pending litigation, the Academy declines to touch upon these allegations, which occurred almost 30 years in the past,” the Recording Academy mentioned in a press release to the Los Angeles Occasions. “At present’s Recording Academy has a zero tolerance coverage relating to sexual misconduct and can stay steadfast on this dedication.”
The lawsuit describes an incident in 1994 when academy trustees have been assembly at a lodge in Hawaii. It alleges Greene drugged McIntyre’s champagne throughout this gathering. “After plaintiff sipped the champagne supplied by defendant Greene, plaintiff rapidly started to really feel unwell and started to lose management of her bodily actions,” the lawsuit reads.
“As plaintiff continued to lose management of her physique, she seen others exiting Greene’s lodge room, leaving plaintiff remoted with defendant Greene. The subsequent factor plaintiff recollects is waking up nude in defendant Greene’s mattress. When plaintiff awoke, defendant Greene was nonetheless asleep, mendacity nude subsequent to plaintiff.”
One other incident highlighted within the lawsuit alleges that Greene uncovered himself to McIntyre, then “earlier than plaintiff might react, defendant Inexperienced grabbed the again of plaintiff’s head with [his] palms and shoved his erect penis into [her] mouth. Plaintiff tried to get away from [him], however [he] maintained his agency maintain on [her] head as [she] gagged.”
McIntyre alleges the Recording Academy had a sample of partaking Greene’s victims in Non-Disclosure Agreements, however that she didn’t signal one upon her exit in 1996.