Neil Portnow, the former chairman and chief executive of the Recording Academy, has been sued for sexual assault, The New York Times reports.
The accusation was filed by Jane Doe in the New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan, who accuses Portnow of drugging and raping her in June 2018.
The Recording Academy is also listed as a defendant. Though the accuser is unnamed, she is identified as an instrumentalist born outside of the United States who lives in New York City and was invited to join the Recording Academy after performing at Carnegie Hall.
The woman claims she first met Portnow at an event for the 60th Annual Grammy Awards at the Paley Center for Media in January 2018.
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