A second woman has come forward with sexual assault allegations against Oscar-nominated and Grammy-winning composer Danny Elfman. writes about this Hollywood reporter.
In documents filed Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court, the accuser, 47-year-old Jane Doe XX (the name given when the plaintiff was not identified) of Maryland, alleges that Elfman sexually assaulted her from 1997 to 2002. Elfman and his company are suing Musica de la Muerta for sexual assault, gender-based violence, intentional infliction of emotional distress, sexual harassment and negligence.
A spokesman for Danny Elfman said: “The allegations of misconduct made against Mr Elfman are baseless and absurd. “His legal team is considering all options and he will defend this vigorously in court.”
The statement states that the plaintiff met Elfman at a party in April 1997, when he was a 21-year-old student at the New York Film Academy and Elfman was 47, and began inviting him to industry events and asking his opinions about films and movies. music. According to the plaintiff, the man treated him as an “adviser and protégé.”
Over the next five years, incidents of harassment occurred when the plaintiff and Elfman were alone. So, at one point, Elfman “removed all of his clothing until he was completely naked and walked naked in front of the plaintiff, exposing his genitals. He told the girl that was the only way to work and be creative and successful.”
Because of Elfman’s high position in the entertainment industry, the plaintiff “felt that she had no choice but to comply with his wishes at all times, and the plaintiff believed this was a condition of their continued business relationship.”
Elfman brought Jane Doe XX to a cast and crew meeting for Good Will Hunting and a voice-over session at Sony, and in 1998 he invited her to stay at his home in Topanga Canyon, California, for a few weeks until he found his own apartment. In Los Angeles.
The plaintiff alleges that she sometimes slept in the same bed as Elfman, “never taking off her clothes, mostly sleeping on the bed,” while Elfman slept naked next to her. He said that around 2002, Elfman told him, “Every time you slept next to me, I was masturbating next to you.” After this, the plaintiff ended her relationship with Elfman.
The lawsuit is similar to that of composer Nomi Abadie, who sued Elfman in July, according to court documents obtained by The Hollywood Reporter.
Her 2018 lawsuit alleged that Elfman exposed himself and masturbated in front of Abadie without her consent multiple times.
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