A lawsuit introduced ahead in opposition to a number of former members of politically lively punk rock band Anti-Flag has been dismissed. The authorized hassle in opposition to the group first started to emerge in the summertime of 2023, when an nameless allegation of sexual assault was made in opposition to the group’s vocalist/guitarist Justin Geever (Justin Sane).
Kristina Sarhadi would later publicly come ahead together with her allegation in opposition to Geever, claiming he sexually assaulted her in a lodge room again in 2010. With the usual statute of limitations on sexual assault claims briefly lifted in New York as a part of final yr’s Grownup Survivors Act, Sarhadi filed go well with in opposition to Geever.
In gentle of Sarhadi‘s preliminary allegation, Anti-Flag promptly broke up, with the remainder of the band, sans Geever, claiming to have been ‘shaken to their core’ by the allegations. Geever for his half publicly denied the allegations.
In gentle of Sarhadi coming ahead, roughly a dozen different ladies got here ahead with disturbing allegations of their very own in opposition to Geever. With Geever typically publicly aligning himself with feminist causes and counter-culture messaging, his alleged conduct was seen publicly as being significantly sinister.
Sarhadi‘s go well with didn’t simply goal Geever nonetheless, as Anti-Flag‘s enterprise Hardwork Distribution Inc. was additionally named within the go well with. Sarhadi claimed that the corporate had been answerable for negligence and negligent infliction of emotional misery, thus seeing the remainder of the group introduced into go well with.
Sarhadi claimed that Geever had served because the President and proprietor of that firm total, which is known to have represented the band’s numerous pursuits. In her criticism, Sarhadi alleged that the band and Hardwork Distribution Inc. had “insurance policies and procedures in place to restrict Geever‘s skill to work together with ladies and ladies.”
She went on to say that such insurance policies had been in place as a result of the corporate and band knew of Geever‘s “propensity to commit sexual assault of in any other case have interaction in inappropriate and harassing conduct with ladies.”
Sarhadi additional alleged that the group and numerous members of the band’s enterprise pursuits/internal circle tried to hide or downplay Geever‘s alleged conduct. Citing communication with alleged victims of Geever and press stories, she estimated that Geever‘s victims totaled a minimum of sixty ladies who had sexual relations with him whereas both or underage or with out giving him consent.
Sarhadi‘s criticism, which was later amended, additionally included allegations of different people who claimed to have confronted members band through the years concerning among the aforementioned incidents Geever was alleged to have been concerned in.
Finally the court docket have seen match to grant Hardwork Distribution Inc. their movement to dismiss this declare introduced in opposition to them after discovering inadequate proof for it to fulfill the authorized bar essential to proceed.
A December 18th, 2024 ruling cited points with a scarcity of provable ties of Hardwork Distribution Inc. sources, and so forth. being concerned in Sarhadi‘s alleged sexual assault by the hands of Geever, amongst different authorized considerations.
Geever for his half has not responded to claims introduced ahead in opposition to him within the lawsuit and is alleged to have left the USA final spring. As such, Sarhadi has been reminded by the court docket to file a movement for a default judgement in opposition to Geever concerning her claims of assault, battery/sexual battery and intentional infliction of emotional misery in opposition to him.
A full copy of this preliminary ruling within the case will be discovered through courthousenews.com
[via Fake Your Death]
