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Music executive L.A. Reid has settled a lawsuit by a previous employee who accused him<\/a> of sexual assault and harassment, Billboard<\/em><\/a> reports. Details of the settlement\u2014which was announced today, January 12, the day Reid\u2019s trial was scheduled to begin\u2014were not disclosed.<\/p>\n In 2023, Drew Dixon, a former vice president of A&R at Arista Records, alleged Reid had groped and digitally penetrated her without consent on two separate occasions while she worked at the label. The first incident reportedly took place on a private plane to a company retreat; the second in Reid\u2019s car. After Dixon rebuffed Reid at future outings, she claims he derailed her career. Dixon filed her lawsuit under the Adult Survivors Act, which opened a one-year window for civil lawsuits involving sexual offenses, even if the statute of limitations had run out. In 2017, Reid stepped down<\/a> from his position at Epic Records following a separate sexual-harassment allegation.<\/p>\n In a statement to Pitchfork, an attorney for Reid wrote that their client had \u201camicably resolved this matter with Ms. Dixon without any admission of liability.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cDrew Dixon is an extraordinarily talented music executive, and this resolution will empower her to move forward with her creative pursuits\u2014on her own terms\u2014with her reputation, her voice, and her career reaffirmed,\u201d Dixon\u2019s attorney, Kenya Davis, said in a statement to Pitchfork. Dixon added, \u201cI hope my work as an advocate for the Adult Survivors Act helps to bring us closer to a safer music business for everyone. In a world where good news is often hard to find, I hope for survivors that today is a ray of light peeking through the clouds.\u201d<\/p>\n In 2017, Dixon accused<\/a> the music mogul Russell Simmons of rape. She later appeared in On the Record<\/a>,<\/em> a documentary that detailed those allegations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n