Jimmy Iovine.Photo:Kevin Mazur/Getty
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According to the plaintiff’s lawyer Doug Wigdor on Wednesday, “the matter was resolved to the satisfaction of the parties,“per Pitchfork. On Feb. 15, he reportedly filed a notice of discontinuance, meaning the Jane Doe plaintiff cannot refile and the lawsuit has been dropped.
Reps for Iovine and Jane Doe have not returned PEOPLE’s request for comment.
Her case was submitted under the Adult Survivors Act, which allowed victims of sexual assault who were 18 years or older at the time of their abuse a one-year look-back period to file a lawsuit against their abuser and, if applicable, the institution that harbored them, no matter how long ago the crime happened, perMSNBC.
The plaintiff was seeking damages from being “sexually abused, forcibly touched, and subjected to sexual harassment and retaliation in violation of anti-discrimination laws in or around August 2007.”.
At the time, reps did not return PEOPLE’s requests for comment. An unnamed spokesperson spoke withVarietyabout the claim.
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Iovine, who is a co-founder of Interscope Records, is also widely known for co-founding Beats Electronics alongside Dr. Dre.
The unnamed plaintiff in this case, Wigdor, is also a lawyer forCasandra Ventura, known professionally as Cassie. In November, the “Me & U” singer fileda bombshell lawsuitagainst former boyfriendSean “Diddy” Combs, claiming that she experienced 10 years of abuse — including rape and sex trafficking — at the hands of the Bad Boy founder.
Her lawsuit was also filed under the New York’s Adult Survivors Act and accused him of exhibiting “uncontrollable rage” and claimed he “frequently beat Ms. Ventura savagely,” something she claims many employees of the music mogul witnessed. The lawsuit wasamicably settledone day after she filed.
source: people.com
