A woman who says she was raped by late R&B singer Rick James when she was 15 years old is suing his estate for $50 million
The unidentified plaintiff says James raped her while she was staying at a group home in Buffalo, New York, in 1979. The lawsuit was filed on Thursday against the James Ambrose Johnson Jr. 1999 Trust, which is run by the singer’s estate. The suit was filed under the Child Victims Act, which openedIn the lawsuit, the woman said James was visiting one of the parents at the group hope. She said he came into her room after dinner and raped her.
“He grabbed my hair and pushed my head into the pillow,” she said in the suit. “I tried to fight him off, but he told me to ‘shut up and quit moving or I’ll cut you.’”The woman says she has suffered “physical, psychological and emotional injury” due to the alleged assault.James, a Buffalo native, was convicted in 1993 of assaulting two women.
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