Two ladies have filed a lawsuit in opposition to TDE alleging sexual misconduct, harassment, and contract breaches throughout the label’s office tradition.
TDE has shot again at allegations of misconduct and sexual harassment following a lawsuit filed this week in Los Angeles Superior Court docket by two beforehand nameless ladies.
The lawsuit accuses executives and employees throughout the distinguished Hip-Hop label, previously dwelling to Kendrick Lamar, of making an alleged atmosphere rife with harassment, assault, and contract violations.
Within the swimsuit, the Jane Does allege that High Dawg Leisure fostered a “pervasive tradition of sexual harassment,” implicating a few of its most senior executives.
“It is a clear instance of a shakedown lawsuit by Linda Luna and Ayah Altayri, who made a requirement of $48 million by means of their attorneys on fabricated claims and whose attorneys are searching for their ten minutes of fame. There are textual content messages and communications that absolutely refute these baseless claims. Moreover, Ms. Luna and Ms. Altayri had been by no means staff of High Dawg Leisure. We’re assured that we are going to prevail on this motion,” TDE’s lawyer Marty Singer advised AllHipHop.com.
One plaintiff claims she started working on the label in 2019 and was subjected to unwelcome advances and alleged sexual battery by Brandon Tiffith, TDE’s chief advertising officer, recognized publicly as Large B.
She additionally accuses the label’s president, Anthony Tiffith Jr.—nicknamed Moosa and the son of TDE founder Anthony “High Dawg” Tiffith—of constant harassment.
The primary Jane Doe alleges that TDE failed to meet its contractual obligations for the work she accomplished.
In the meantime, the second Jane Doe describes a number of incidents of sexual misconduct by employees at TDE whereas she was on the job. She additionally claims she was pressured into underage ingesting for what she believes “aimed toward sexual exploitation.”
Lawyer Shounak Dharap of Arns Davis Legislation represents each ladies, who expressed sharp criticism of the allegations in an announcement to Newsweek.
“This lawsuit presents a evident instance of the systemic abuse and exploitation within the leisure trade,” Dharap said. “Our shoppers trusted TDE to behave with integrity and professionalism. As a substitute, their belief was betrayed in profoundly damaging methods. They’re bringing this lawsuit as a result of they refuse to be silenced and since they intend to carry TDE accountable in courtroom.”
Reps High Dawg Leisure, a fixture within the Hip-Hop world since its founding in 2004, has but to subject a public touch upon the allegations.
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