Axl Rose has settled a sexual assault lawsuit filed last year by former model Sheila Kennedy, Fox News Digital has confirmed.
Details regarding the settlement were not disclosed. Kennedy, a former Penthouse Pet of the Year, claimed that Rose assaulted her in a New York hotel room shortly after they met at a nightclub in 1989.
“As I have done from the beginning, I deny the charges. There was no assault.” guns and roses the lead singer told Fox News Digital. His attorney, E. Danya Perry, echoed similar statements, saying, “Mr. Rose has suffered tremendously through this lawsuit, but I am glad he can now move on with his life.”
Axl Rose accused of violent sexual assault by former model in 1989: lawsuit
Axl Rose settled a sexual assault lawsuit filed by Sheila Kennedy under the New York Adult Survivors Act in 2023. (Getty Images)
Representatives for Mr. Kennedy did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
Kennedy's motion was filed the day before the incident. New York Adult Survivor Law The law, which expires in 2023, allows sexual assault victims to sue their alleged abusers even after the statute of limitations has expired.
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Kennedy claims in the lawsuit that the “Paradise City” singer “used her fame, status, and power as a celebrity and performer in the music industry to manipulate, control, and violently sexually assault Kennedy.” “I added it,'' he claimed.
Rose (whose full name is William Bruce Rose Jr.) invited Kennedy to his hotel room for a party with his friend David Andrew “Riki” Rahtman, but said she wasn't “hot enough.” It is said that he did not allow Kennedy's friends for a reason. According to the document, it depends on his preference.
The documents say Mr Kennedy suffered “severe mental, physical, financial and psychological distress” after Mr Rose allegedly assaulted him. (Getty Images)
“Kennedy apologized to his friend and traveled with Rose, Rahtman, and another model whom Rahtman had invited from the nightclub to Rose's luxury suite at a hotel on Central Park West,” the complaint states. has been done. Once inside the hotel room, more acquaintances joined the party, and “Rose provided cocaine, champagne, and alcohol to the guests in the suite.”
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“The party was in full swing and there were many people in the suite. Eventually, Rose told Rahtman to vacate the suite of everyone except Kennedy and another model, which Rahtman did,” the document said. Kennedy became “uncomfortable” after witnessing Rose having “sex with another model.”
“Rose was aggressive in a manner that appeared distressing to the model. The encounter quickly became not only uncomfortable, but disturbing,” the complaint states. As Rahtman and Kennedy went through the hallway and into the back bedroom to talk, she claimed that suddenly she heard “objects being thrown and glass breaking.” She also claimed to have heard Rose screaming at other models, and that Rahtman warned her that “you're going to be in trouble.”
Kennedy then allegedly heard Rose “charging down the hallway” toward them, and Rose allegedly saw Kennedy and yelled at her, “What are you doing here?” . She claimed Rose grabbed her by the robe and “slammed her to the hallway floor.”
Rose continues to deny Kennedy's claims. (Getty Images)
“While Mr. Kennedy was still on the ground, Mr. Rose grabbed Mr. Kennedy by the hair and dragged him across the suite and into the bedroom,” the complaint states. “This was so painful for Kennedy that his knee scraped against the rug and bled.”
Rose allegedly placed her pantyhose nearby and “tied Ms. Kennedy's hands behind her back,” then “sexually assaulted Ms. Kennedy.” “Rose's sexual abuse of Kennedy had a lifelong emotional, physical, mental, and financial impact on Kennedy's life,” the complaint states.
Kennedy claimed that she had been “diagnosed with anxiety and depression” as a result of the assault. She also said that she had suffered in her career.
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“Simply put, this incident never happened. Remarkably, these fictitious claims… It was filed the day before the New York state filing deadline expired. But he didn't do that.” Although he does not rule out the possibility of accidental fan photos, Mr. Rose has no recollection of ever meeting or speaking with the plaintiff, and to date has never heard of these fictitious allegations. ”
