| LA Reid In Sexual Assault
Lawsuit By Dixon Loses Summary
Judgment Motion
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
Aug 7 – In 2023 Drew
Dixon sued music producer L.A.
Reid for sexual assault,
saying it had cost her, along
other things, producer points
on Kanye West and John
Legend.
On July 9,
2025 counsel for Reid appeared
before U.S. District Court for
the Southern District of New
York Judge Jeannette A.
Vargas, asking to withdraw
from the case due to Reid
failing to pay. Inner City
Press was there, thread:
Defense counsel
says not getting paid, LA
mansion can't be sold. Defense
counsel: At one point Mr. Reid
changed his phone number and I
couldn't reach him. When we
became aware of destruction of
text messages, our firm paid
for forensic review, Judge
Caproni called us generous
Judge Vargas: Has
Mr. Reid spoken to you about
your motion to withdraw?
Defense counsel: He expressed
displeasure. Dixon's lawyer:
We deposed Mr. Johnson, the
house can be sold, Mariah
Carey met at his house in
October 2024
Dixon's lawyer:
Mr. Ried could pay from the
song Good, Good with
Usher.
Judge Vargas:
There may be a pattern of
delay tactics by Mr. Reid. But
I don't want to hurt this
small boutique defense firm. I
am considering denying the
motion to withdraw, so
discovery can end. But not for
trial Judge: I will
allow them to withdraw before
trial. If Mr. Reid or a new
counsel does not appear for
the final pre-trial
conference, Dixon may move for
default.
On July 17,
Dixon's lawyers asked for
leave to file on adverse
inference, writing that
Defendant Reid "deleted over
200 text messages on December
14, 2024... The messages that
Defendant did not delete are
of a sexual nature... The text
messages he deleted were
likely even more explicit."
Reid's outgoing
counsel, still on the case,
fired back on July 18 that
Dixon is "attempting to impugn
Reid for recently deleting
text messages with a 'female
subordinate' that have nothing
to do with Dixon or this
case."
On August 7,
Judge Vargas denied Reid's
motion for summary judgment.
Inner City Press remains on
the case(s)
More on X for
Subscribers here
and on Substack here
The case is
Dixon v. Reid, 1:23-cv-9878
(Vargas)
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