Jamie Foxx, Guns N’ Roses’ Axl Rose, accused of sexual assault
US actor, Jamie Foxx, and music band Guns N’ Roses frontman, Axl Rose, were each accused of sexual assault Wednesday, part of a flurry of suits filed in New York before a statute of limitations deadline.
In the filing against Rose, Sheila Kennedy, an actress, and model, alleges that he “sexually assaulted her” in 1989 and that she “did not consent and felt overpowered”.
The alleged victim in the Foxx case, identified only as Jane Doe, said that Foxx “intentionally and without consent used force to offensively touch” her by groping her breasts and genitals at a rooftop bar in Manhattan in 2015.
Both filings note that they are being submitted under the New York Adult Survivors Act, a law that had opened the door for sexual assault suits on cases that otherwise happened too far in the past to prosecute.
The 61-year-old lead singer of the heavy rock band famous for albums like “Appetite for Destruction,” has yet to comment publicly.
He had attended the Las Vegas Formula One Grand Prix over the weekend before the complaint was lodged with a New York court.
The incident allegedly happened in a New York hotel room after the pair met in a nightclub.
The civil case calls for Rose, whose real name is William Bruce Rose, to face a jury trial and for the jury to award Kennedy “punitive damages.”
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