he sexually assaulted<\/a> former Arista A&R executive Drew Dixon, music mogul Antonio \u201cL.A.\u201d Reid is effectively representing himself, a federal judge confirmed Tuesday during a status conference in the New York-based civil case.<\/p>\n\n\tAt the end of the 30-minute video hearing, U.S. District Judge Jeannette A. Vargas referred to Reid as \u201cpro se,\u201d meaning a party moving forward without an attorney. The comment came after the judge granted a renewed request by Reid\u2019s lawyers to be relieved \u201cunconditionally.\u201d In filings, the lawyers previously told the court that Reid \u2014 who helmed Arista, Island Def Jam, and Epic Records during his heyday \u2014 hadn\u2019t paid them since February. They said while it\u2019s true Reid owns a mansion in Los Angeles\u2019 ritzy Bel-Air neighborhood, he hasn\u2019t been able to sell it, even after slashing the price by several million dollars.<\/p>\n
\n\tDuring the hearing, the outgoing lawyers from the prominent California-based firm Kinsella Holley Iser Kump Steinsapir LLP promised to work with any new attorneys hired by Reid, to help them \u201cget up to speed.\u201d They also promised to \u201cfacilitate\u201d ongoing communication between Reid\u2019s business managers and Dixon\u2019s legal team. (The judge previously asked the lawyers to stick around to handle discovery issues leading up to an Aug. 25 status conference.)<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cIf he does not obtain counsel, what is his current intention, with respect to the final pre-trial conference?\u201d Judge Vargas asked Tuesday, referring to the Aug. 25 hearing. She warned that Reid\u2019s \u201cfailure to appear could result in default.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tThe lawyers said Reid was on notice that he was required to appear himself if he did not have counsel. Judge Vargas also asked the lawyers to supply Reid\u2019s personal phone number and home address to court staff. In a minute order after the hearing, she again referred to the Sept. 8 trial date as \u201cfirm.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tIn her 2023 lawsuit, Dixon alleged that Reid started sexually harassing her \u201calmost immediately\u201d after he assumed the CEO role at Arista in 2000. She said the harassment turned physical when Reid allegedly cornered her on a private plane in 2001, forcibly kissed her, and \u201cdigitally penetrated her vulva without her consent.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n
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\n\tDixon alleged Reid attacked her again a few months later, forcibly kissing and groping her in the back of a private car with his driver present. She claimed Reid retaliated when she spurned his advances, blowing off potential artists she brought to Arista Records for auditions, including a young Kanye West and Grammy-winner John Legend.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
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\n\t\u201cReid adamantly denies the allegations,\u201d his lawyers wrote in a court filing last May. They argued that while the Adult Survivors Act made it possible for Dixon to revive her decades-old claim of sexual assault, her claims of lost commissions related to West and Legend were beyond the statute of limitations.<\/p>\n
\n\tIn a ruling two weeks ago, Judge Vargas said Dixon would not be barred from at least seeking lost commissions if she did so under a cause of action covered by the revival statute. The judge said it wasn\u2019t clear if Dixon would succeed. \u201cWhether the loss of commissions can be fairly traced to any of the asserted causes of actions under traditional principles of causation has not been adequately addressed by the parties,\u201d she wrote in her ruling.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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