Irv Gotti has responded to the allegations that he sexually assaulted a former partner, denying any wrongdoing.
According to TMZ, a rep for the Murder Inc. Records boss cast doubt on the allegations and claimed that the woman only filed the suit after unsuccessfully attempting to extort Gotti (real name Irving Lorenzo Jr.).
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“[The suit] was filed after Mr. Gotti rejected the attempt by this individual to coerce a payment of money from him. The lawsuit contains a single page of ‘facts’ which are unsworn to, sparse by any measure, and which Mr. Gotti categorically denies,” they said.
“The allegations represent an affront to women who have truly suffered abuse. Mr. Gotti has been surrounded by strong women the entirety of his life — his mother, five sisters, and daughter.
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“The top employees at his company are women. Mr. Gotti’s relationships with women have been characterized by mutual respect, honesty, and empathy. Mr. Gotti’s reputation has been placed at issue.”
The rep added that Irv Gotti plans to fight the “baseless” lawsuit in court and is even considering filing his own countersuit for defamation.
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The lawsuit, filed in Miami-Dade, Florida on July 11, accuses Gotti of sexually assaulting and abusing the woman on several occasions between 2020 and 2022 in Saint Martin, Miami and Atlanta.
The woman, identified only as Jane Doe, claims that she met Gotti at a poker tournament in the summer of 2020 and he subsequently invited her to join him on a vacation to Saint Martin.
During their trip to Caribbean island, she claims that the Hip Hop hitmaker coerced her into having sex with him, threatening to send her home if she didn’t. “Due to his power and influence in the music world, she complied,” the suit reads.
Afterwards, the pair began dating but their relationship was allegedly marred by “constant abuse,” with Gotti repeatedly forcing the woman to perform “unwanted sexual acts” and “berating” her.
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After they broke up in 2022, the alleged victim claims that Gotti slandered her to his “vast social network” in and around Los Angeles, leaving her fearful to leave her home.
“As a result of this sexually abusive relationship, Plaintiff has suffered severe emotional and psychological harm for which she had to be committed to a psychiatric ward,” the lawsuit states. “These injuries continue and affect Plaintiff to this day.”
The woman is seeking a jury trial as well as unspecified damages.
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Irv Gotti’s longtime nemesis 50 Cent was quick to taunt the Murder Inc. mogul after news of the lawsuit broke, writing on Instagram: “Oh no [flushed face emoji] … The legal fee’s are gonna break his ass in half, he ain’t got no money. Welp that all folks.”
He also jokingly teased a docuseries about Gotti and Murder Inc., a nod to his actual documentary about the sexual assault allegations against fellow foe Diddy that he’s sold to Netflix.
