Be aware: This text accommodates descriptions of alleged sexual misconduct.

Danny Elfman is being sued by a lady for alleged sexual misconduct,  The Hollywood Reporter and Rolling Stone report. The 47-year-old Maryland girl, who’s utilizing the pseudonym Jane Doe XX, sued Elfman in a Los Angeles courtroom for sexual assault, gender violence, intentional infliction of emotional misery, sexual harassment and negligence. She additionally named Elfman’s firm, Musica de la Muerta, within the lawsuit.

Within the lawsuit, the plaintiff alleged that Elfman sexually abused her between 1997 and 2002, after they met at a home social gathering when Doe was 21 and Elfman was 47. Doe claims that Elfman would expose his genitals to her whereas strolling round nude, allegedly expressing to her “that his was the one manner he may work, be inventive, and profitable.” The lawsuit additionally claims that Elfman would typically sleep bare in the identical mattress subsequent to a fully-clothed Doe throughout a interval in 1998 the place she stayed at his residence in Topanga Canyon, California whereas looking for an condo in Los Angeles. The plaintiff additionally alleges that, in 2002, Elfman advised her: “Each time you may have ever slept subsequent to me, I might masturbate subsequent to you.”

Elfman known as the allegations within the lawsuit “baseless and absurd” in an announcement made to Pitchfork via a spokesperson, concluding: “His authorized group is assessing all choices and he’ll vigorously defend these claims in courtroom.”

In an announcement to Rolling Stone, Doe’s legal professional, Jeff Anderson, stated she hopes to ship a message to people who’ve “made efforts to destroy the lives of others who discovered the braveness to talk up.”

Doe is the second girl to return ahead with claims of misconduct in opposition to Elfman this yr. In July, the musician and composer Nomi Abadi sued Elfman for allegedly failing to make two funds of $42,500 from a $830,000 settlement. In accordance with reporting from Rolling Stone, the settlement was reached because of Abadi accusing Elfman of a number of situations of sexual harassment. Anderson, who’s representing each Abadi and Doe, advised Rolling Stone: “It’s essential to this Jane Doe that Nomi is aware of she’s not alone anymore, that what was performed to her by Elfman mirrors in so some ways what was performed to Nomi.” Elfman denied the allegations to Rolling Stone via his legal professional.

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