00:00 All right, moving on over to Axel Rose.
00:01 He has been accused of violent sexual assault.
00:04 A former Penthouse model, Sheila Kennedy,
00:06 filed a lawsuit in New York Supreme Court on November 22nd
00:09 when she accused the Guns of Roses front man
00:12 of sexually assaulting her in 1989.
00:14 She claimed that he invited her back to a hotel room
00:17 for a party and where he allegedly provided guests
00:20 with cocaine, champagne, and alcohol.
00:22 He allegedly cleared the room except for himself, Kennedy,
00:25 and two other models to engage in a sexual encounter.
00:29 She said that she was uncomfortable,
00:30 he acted aggressively, and when she tried to leave,
00:33 he knocked her to the floor and dragged her
00:36 by the hair back to the bed.
00:37 She claimed she did not give consent to have sex with him
00:40 and claimed that the assault left her
00:42 with lifelong emotional, physical, psychological,
00:44 and financial impacts, as well as PTSD.
00:48 So she's suing Rose for assault, battery,
00:50 intentional infliction of emotional distress,
00:52 and gender-motivated violence.
00:54 She is seeking a jury trial.
00:56 He denied the allegations.
00:58 So why seek a jury trial in this and not a settlement?
01:02 - Well, the parties have to demand a jury trial,
01:06 but that doesn't mean that the case is actually
01:08 gonna go all the way to jury.
01:10 If you don't demand it, you lose it.
01:12 And actually, this is something that former president
01:15 Donald Trump is dealing with in his New York civil trial
01:18 'cause his lawyers didn't check off the box
01:20 that demanded a jury trial.
01:22 So just because the demand is made doesn't mean
01:25 it's gonna happen, but you have to demand the jury,
01:27 otherwise you lose it.
01:29 So when you're analyzing this case, Kennedy's case,
01:32 what you really want is some sort of corroborating evidence.
01:35 Now, her testimony alone is enough if a jury believes her,
01:39 but obviously there appears to be two other women there.
01:44 If they can corroborate what happened, that's helpful,
01:46 because that's what you're looking for in these cases.
01:48 Oftentimes it's he said, she said.
01:51 I'm guessing that Axel Rose, if he admits
01:53 to the sexual contact, will say that it was consensual.
01:57 So anything you can to support your position,
01:59 and we talked about video, we talked about a lot
02:02 of the evidence that Cassie had in terms of texts
02:04 and so forth, we talked about the report
02:07 to Columbia University, but really Kennedy,
02:09 I think what she would want are those independent witnesses
02:13 to support her claim.
02:14 I think that's what would make it stronger.
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