| LA Reid In Sexual Assault
Lawsuit By Dixon Sought to Seal
Courtroom Now Letter to Unseal
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
Jan 9 – 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
More on X for
Subscribers here
and on Substack here
Jump cut to
January 8, 2026 when Inner
City Press went to the
courtroom for a 3:30 pm
hearinBut it was initially
told it had to leave, it was
sealed. Inner City Press said,
Please tell the judge I
object. And minutes later, the
Deputy came out into the hall
and said, Come back in, the
sealed portion will be at the
end.
Judge Vargas
said, I have a lot of
evidentiary matters to
address, then the 412 (sealed)
portion.
But Reid's new
lawyer Imran Ansari of the
Aidala firm said he wanted to
adjourn, and to explain why
only under seal. Finally after
a whispered sidebar it was
adjourned, with Judge Vargas
saying tomorrow at 2:30 pm,
tell chambers - and the
docket? - by 2 pm if if the
session is still needed.
Since there
are evidentiary issues, what
does that mean?
Inner City Press
has filed a letter with the
Court, and the parties, to
unseal docuemnts, here.
Watch this
site.
The case is
Dixon v. Reid, 1:23-cv-9878
(Vargas)
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