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A Vancouver lady has filed a civil lawsuit towards Paramount Photos Corp. and punk rocker Stephen Jones of The Intercourse Pistols alleging he sexually assaulted her as an adolescent whereas she was a film further greater than 40 years in the past.
A B.C. Supreme Courtroom assertion of declare filed by the plaintiff says she was 14 years outdated and dealing on the film Women & Gents, The Fabulous Stains when Jones provided her with marijuana, then sexually assaulted her in his resort room.
The courtroom has positioned a publication ban on the lady’s identify.
Her lawyer, Jason Gratl, mentioned in an interview that he couldn’t remark about why the lawsuit was introduced 44 years after the alleged occasions.
“I solely needed to say one factor and it is that she saved a diary,” Gratl mentioned.
The discover of declare filed Wednesday says Paramount did not take enough steps to warn minors or their dad and mom concerning the dangers of engaged on the set with Jones or impose contractual phrases limiting his contact with younger extras or utilizing illicit medicine.
Not one of the allegations have been examined in courtroom.
Paramount didn’t instantly return a request for remark. Jones couldn’t be reached for remark.
Neither Paramount, nor Jones have filed an announcement of defence.
The lawsuit says Paramount employed Jones, who was 24 on the time, for a task within the movie due to his status as a “punk rocker” who consumed extreme quantities of medicine and alcohol, and engaged in sexual misconduct, together with with underage women.
“The defendant Paramount was banking on the defendant Jones’ status and historical past to market The Fabulous Stains,” the assertion says, including the corporate “additionally employed different well-known punk rock musicians as actors for a similar function.”
The assertion says that regardless of this information, the corporate didn’t take steps to guard younger staff.
The film, about disaffected teenagers in a punk rock band, was launched in 1982.
The authorized motion says the lady is in search of damages, claiming the alleged assault “precipitated her to endure psychological harm, together with lack of vanity, lack of self-worth, injurious self-imaging and identification, and lack of belief in intimacy and potential companions.”
The lawsuit says she was employed as one of many tons of of extras taking part in followers. Jones had been employed to play the function of a “socially unstable punk rock guitar participant in a fictitious all-male band, The Looters.”
It says that on April 13, 1980, the teenager went to the Denman Inn, “a location beneath the path and management” of Paramount, with the intention of inviting the film’s lead actor, Diane Lane, to go curler skating.
When she entered the foyer, it says Jones approached her, informed her he had Lane’s quantity in his resort room and requested her to go together with him to get it. As soon as they have been inside his room, it says Jones gave her marijuana, and he then turned off the lights and closed the curtains.
The doc says she understood that meant he was prone to make sexual advances, she informed Jones she didn’t consent and was “solely 14, 1-4.” It says regardless of this, he pulled her onto his mattress, climbed on high of her then kissed and molested her.
“The plaintiff repeatedly and expressly informed the defendant Jones ‘no’ and tried to maneuver his hand away, and eventually wriggled free from him and left the room,” the discover of declare says.
The lawsuit says she was initially “each repulsed and flattered by this undesirable sexual consideration from somebody she believed to be a rock star and film star.”
As a result of she was confused by what had occurred, the doc says she didn’t inform her dad and mom and it wasn’t till she was older that she “felt sexually violated and sexually ashamed and offended” concerning the alleged assault.
For anybody who has been sexually assaulted, there’s help out there by disaster traces and native help providers by way of the Ending Violence Affiliation of Canada database. When you’re in fast hazard or worry to your security or that of others round you, please name 911.
