A woman claimed music exec “sexually abused, forcibly touched, and subjected [her] to sexual harassment and retaliation.” Iovine says that “no one has ever made a claim like this”
That’s a suspicious defence. There’s always a first time right?
To be fair the full quote is:
“No one has ever made a claim like this against Jimmy Iovine, nor have we been contacted or made aware of any complaint by anyone, including this unknown plaintiff prior to now.”
Also the complainant filled anonymously, which is her right, and “the legal filing contained little additional information regarding the woman’s specific claims.” So there isn’t much he could specifically respond to. There will most certainly be at least a civil suit and I’m sure more details will emerge then.
The full quote doesn’t make it any better IMO. The context you provide does provide some explanation, but an explanation to a response he didn’t give.
If he had said something along the lines of “I have received this complaint and while there are not enough details to specifically respond I look forward to defending myself in court” that would have been another matter entirely.
The response he actually gave just sounds suspicious. There’s not enough to claim any knowledge of wrongdoing but it also doesn’t give off an air of confidence in his innocence.
