(Editor’s be aware: This publish contains some graphic descriptions of what allegedly went down, so think about your self warned if sexual assault is a set off for you.)

Some fairly brutal allegations in opposition to Weapons N’ Roses singer Axl Rose have made their method out into the general public eye, as a newly filed lawsuit paints a disturbing picture of a drug-fueled New York Metropolis resort celebration gone flawed again in 1989.

Filed in New York Supreme Courtroom by ex-Penthouse mannequin and Pet of the Yr Sheila Kennedy, the lawsuit obtained by Rolling Stone alleges that Rose had been sexually violent along with her and one other mannequin. Kennedy alleged in her swimsuit that she’d met Rose at a nightclub and was invited again to his resort room for the aforementioned celebration.

As soon as on the room, Rose, Kennedy, the opposite mannequin, and eventual MTV host Riki Rachtman began hanging out. In line with the lawsuit, Rose overtly provided cocaine, champagne, and different alcohol to the visitors. At one level Kennedy alleged that as she was exiting the resort rest room, Rose was ready for her exterior the door, the place he “pushed Kennedy in opposition to the wall and kissed her.” At the moment, Kennedy admits she was into the interplay, stating that she “was open to sleeping with him if issues progressed.”

The swimsuit alleges that afterward within the night time, Rose began having intercourse with the opposite mannequin whereas Rachtman and Kennedy have been nonetheless within the room. That type of factor made Kennedy really feel uncomfortable, particularly since she alleges that Rose was “aggressive in a method that appeared painful for the mannequin” and saved insisting that everybody get entangled in group intercourse. Moderately than stick round, Kennedy remembers leaving to go to Rachtman’s room in the identical suite.

Shortly there after, the lawsuit alleges that Kennedy heard glass shattering from Rose’s room as he screamed profanities and insults on the mannequin he was simply having intercourse with. Kennedy alleges that Rachtman then instructed her that “it’s going to get dangerous.”

Neither Rachtman nor Rose responded to Rolling Stone’s requests for remark.

In line with the lawsuit, Rose then discovered Kennedy in Rachtman’s room, at which level he allegedly pushed her to the ground and dragged her throughout the suite to his room. As soon as there, she alleges that he threw her face down on his mattress and tied her arms behind her again with pantyhose and forcibly have anal intercourse along with her with out her consent.

Moderately than paraphrase what occurred subsequent, right here’s what Kennedy alleges within the lawsuit:

“Kennedy lay there on the mattress along with her arms tied behind her again, bleeding, weak, and alone with Rose whereas he was in a sexual, risky rage. Kennedy had simply witnessed Rose violently have intercourse with one other girl. He dragged Kennedy to his bed room like a caveman and acted with uncontrolled fury. Rose had bodily stopped her from leaving. Kennedy was trapped.

“He handled her like property used solely for his sexual pleasure. He didn’t use a condom. Kennedy didn’t consent and felt overpowered. She felt she had no escape or exit and was compelled to acquiesce. She believed Rose would bodily assault her, or worse, if she stated no or tried to push him away. She understood that the most secure factor to do was to lie in mattress and anticipate Rose to complete assaulting her.”

Following the incident, Kennedy claims she suffers from PTSD-like signs at any time when she hears Weapons N’ Roses music or hears Rose’s identify. Her lawsuit additionally claims that she’s been coping with nervousness and despair for greater than 30 years on account of the sexual assault and that’s resulted in unfavourable outcomes in her profession.

The swimsuit is itemizing the costs as “assault, battery, intentional infliction of emotional misery, and gender-motivated violence.” Kennedy is asking the courtroom to assist her decide and get well unspecified damages on account of the incident.

Now, this isn’t the primary time Rose has been the topic of home and sexual abuse claims prior to now. In truth, his former companions Erin Everly and Stephanie Seymour detailed their experiences in a 1994 Individuals journal article. Kennedy herself has made this assault identified prior to now, each in her 2016 autobiography No One’s Pet and the 2021 documentary Look Away.