She says that after avoiding or rebuffing his advances, he “retaliated against her by embarrassing her in front of others or otherwise being curt and unprofessional,” it states. Her lawsuit references several instances of Reid’s “sexualizing and harassing” behavior, which she says began when he ascended to the top of the company in 2000. 24.ĭixon worked extensively with artists including Whitney Houston and Carlos Santana while she was at Arista. He stepped down as chairman of Epic Records in 2017 after Variety reported that an assistant had accused him of sexual harassment.ĭixon’s complaint falls under the Adult Survivors Act, a New York law enacted last year that opened a one-year window for civil lawsuits from anyone who was over 18 when they say that abuse occurred. Reps for Reid, who recently launched an imprint called Mega through the new Gamma company, did not respond to requests for comment.
“And that’s really what I’m trying to do.” “I have an opportunity now to seek some degree of accountability,” Dixon told the Times.
