The owner of the New York Knicks basketball group pressed a massage therapist into sex and after that set her up for a “vicious” attack by the founded guilty rapist Harvey Weinstein, a suit submitted in California on Tuesday declared.
James Dolan– a buddy and previous service partner of the disgraced Hollywood manufacturer Weinstein– trafficked the female, Kellye Croft, then aged 27, “for functions of sex caused by force, scams, or browbeating”, according to federal court documents submitted in California.
The supposed abuse took place when Dolan’s band, JD & & the Straight Shot, were on trip supporting the Eagles, who had actually employed Croft in 2013 to be the group’s main masseuse.
Dolan, the suit claims, “summoned” Croft to his space on several celebrations throughout the trip and “forced” her into undesirable sex. The supposed rape by Weinstein happened in a Los Angeles hotel space the list below year throughout a conference Croft states was managed by Dolan.
Dolan was quickly a board member of the Weinstein Company.
“She requires the world to understand: James Dolan unlawfully trafficked her for his own sexual satisfaction and learnt about Weinstein’s predatory habits well before he released his musical mistruths,” the claim states, describing Dolan’s 2018 tune I Should’ve Known, blogged about his relationship with Weinstein.
Lyrics in the track consist of the line: “I ought to’ve understood, I ought to’ve tossed myself throughout his tracks, stopped him from these repellent attacks.”
In a declaration to the Guardian from his legal representative Danya Perry, the 68-year-old Dolan rejected the claims.
“There is definitely no benefit to any of the claims … Kellye Croft and James Dolan had a relationship,” the declaration stated.
“The recommendations to Harvey Weinstein are just implied to irritate and seem plagiarized from previous cases versus Mr Weinstein.
“Mr Dolan constantly thought Ms Croft to be an excellent individual and marvels she would accept these claims. Bottom line: this is not a he said/she stated matter and there is engaging proof to support our position. We eagerly anticipate showing that in court.”
Croft, now 38, states in the claim that she had no concept who Dolan was when he initially scheduled her for a massage visit throughout the trip. She stated she later on discovered he was “a substantial funder of the trip, which permitted him to put his average band as the opening act”.
She stated she initially ended up being mindful of his power when she found she was working not just for the Eagles– and particularly the band’s establishing member Glenn Frey– however likewise Dolan.
“Dolan anticipated Ms Croft to have sexual interactions with him throughout the trip, and she invested her time either separated by herself or waiting on directions from Dolan,” the claim states.
“At times, Dolan acted romantically towards Ms Croft, pretending that he had actually brought her to California for something more than simply pleasing his desire to have a sex-fueled ‘rock star’ experience on the roadway.
“Ms Croft’s younger naivete led her to think, at the time, that Dolan really appreciated her.”
The supposed attack by Weinstein followed the trip, when the Eagles were playing a residency at the Los Angeles online forum in 2014, and Dolan spent for her to take a trip back to the city.
Weinstein welcomed Croft to his hotel space, asked her to try out numerous clothing, then chased her to her own space and raped her when she declined, the claim claims.
Dolan, whose business Madison Square Garden Sports likewise owns the New York Rangers ice hockey group, was a buddy of Weinstein. And Dolan was a director of the Weinstein Company for about a year before