Music executive Antonio Marquis "L.A." Reid has averted a trial by settling a 2023 lawsuit accusing him of sexual assault and harassment in the early 2000s.
On Jan. 12, U.S. District Judge Jeannette A. Vargas signed an order, reviewed by USA TODAY, dismissing Drew Dixon's lawsuit with prejudice, meaning it cannot be refiled. Earlier that day, Dixon's and Reid's lawyers submitted a joint stipulation of voluntary dismissal.
The trial was scheduled to begin the morning of Jan. 12. The terms of the parties' settlement were not made public.
"Mr. Reid has amicably resolved this matter with Ms. Dixon without any admission of liability," Reid's attorney, Imran H. Ansari, said in a statement to USA TODAY.
In a statement to USA TODAY, Kenya Davis, Dixon's attorney and partner at Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, called Dixon "an extraordinarily talented music executive" and added that "this resolution will empower her to move forward with her creative pursuits — on her own terms — with her reputation, her voice, and her career reaffirmed. I, for one, cannot wait to see what she does next."
