MÖTLEY CRÜE’s TOMMY LEE Sued For Sexual Assault Over 2003 Helicopter Incident

Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee is being sued over allegedly sexually assaulting a girl throughout a helicopter flight in 2003.

In keeping with a report by Rolling Stone, a girl solely recognized as Jane Doe filed a lawsuit on December 15 accusing Lee of “forcibly groping, kissing and penetrating her together with his fingers, and making an attempt to pressure her to carry out oral copulation” throughout a helicopter journey from San Diego County to Van Nuys, CA in February 2003.

The lawsuit claims that Doe had initially turn into pals with helicopter pilot David Martz in early 2002 and, after some hesitation, agreed to a visit in February 2003. Upon arriving on the helipad, Martz knowledgeable Doe that she could be using with Lee as a substitute of alone.

The lawsuit then claims that Martz started mixing drinks “inside a matter of minutes of being airborne,” and that each Martz and Lee smoked weed and snorted cocaine all through the length of the flight. Doe states she was not ingesting and that Martz ultimately instructed her to “simply chill out.” Ultimately Doe was requested as much as the cockpit and sit on Lee’s lap to “get the most effective view.” Doe stated she felt pressured to take action, and upon coming into the cockpit was assaulted by Lee.

“At one level, Lee penetrated plaintiff together with his fingers whereas fondling her breasts. Lee then pulled down his pants and tried to pressure plaintiff’s head towards his genitals. By this level, plaintiff was in tears, however she had nowhere to go — she was trapped with little mobility to depart the cockpit,” states a portion of the swimsuit.

The lawsuit claims that Martz then flew Doe again to San Diego County after dropping Lee off. Doe and Martz spoke briefly in 2009 for the primary time for the reason that incident, and Martz died in a Cessna accident in August 2015. Rolling Stone additional factors out that Martz had a historical past of flying beneath the affect, and was even detained on suspicion of DUI in 2009. Martz misplaced his pilot’s license thrice all through his profession, and in line with a Los Angeles Times article was dealing with a fourth revocation “continuing on allegations that he falsified his FAA medical certificates associated to 2 drunken driving convictions in 2013 and 2014.”

Doe is suing over sexual assault, gender violence, intentional infliction of emotional misery, and negligence. The lawsuit names Mayhem Touring, Tommy Lee Inc., A Pure Excessive Helicopters and Social Helicopters as defendants.