A former talent scout with Atlantic Records has sued the label and estate of founder Ahmet Ertegun, claiming Ertegun sexually assaulted her numerous times and that the label 'took a laissez faire approach to sexual misconduct'
on Monday, accusing the deceased record executive of multiple instances of sexual assault and claiming that Atlantic did little to stop Ertegun’s alleged behavior.
Jan Roeg, who started working with the label in 1984, alleged that Ertegun had sexually harassed and assaulted her numerous times throughout her tenure working with Atlantic, according to the lawsuit. Ertegun is widely credited as one of the most influential music executives of all time, signing Aretha Franklin and Led Zeppelin, among many others, and co-founding the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
After that initial alleged assault, Roeg claims Ertegun assaulted her several more times. In one instance, Roeg alleges that Ertegun brought her back to his home after a business dinner in what was supposed to be a momentary stop to get cocaine before heading to a club. She went to the bathroom and when she came back out, Ertegun was allegedly masturbating.
One night in 1986, according to the lawsuit, Ertegun came into Roeg’s room during a business trip and jumped onto her bed before inserting his fingers in Roeg’s vagina and anus. During a dinner in New York in 1990, Roeg alleges, Ertegun drugged her, forcing her to get her stomach pumped after collapsing in the restaurant’s bathroom. She further alleges that Ertegun withheld money she was owed as retaliation for rejecting him.
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