Former Recording Academy CEO Neil Portnow and
Neil Portnow arrives at the Pre-Grammy Gala held at The Beverly Hilton on February 4, 2023 in Beverly Hills, California.CEO Neil Portnow of rape, the woman who accused him has now sued the music industry exec over the allegation.
The plaintiff, a former Academy member who lives in New York and was 37 years old at the time of the allegation, according to the suit, alleged that she met Portnow in January 2018 at a Grammy event. By June, after Portnow had allegedly reached out and said he’d be in New York again, she met him at the Kitano Hotel to conduct an interview for her magazine.
The accuser alleged that she woke up in the hotel room the next morning “woozy and confused,” eventually leaving the hotel room after Portnow left for a meeting. The plaintiff claimed that she attempted to contact Portnow multiple times after the alleged assault “to understand and gain clarity as to what had occurred,” and that by October, she reached out to the Recording Academy regarding the allegation.
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