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 resort room again in 2010. With the usual statute of limitations on sexual assault claims quickly lifted in New York as a part of final yr’s Grownup Survivors Act, Sarhadi filed swimsuit in opposition to Geever.
In mild 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 mild of Sarhadi coming ahead, roughly a dozen different girls 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 considered publicly as being significantly sinister.
Sarhadi‘s swimsuit didn’t simply goal Geever nevertheless, as Anti-Flag‘s enterprise Hardwork Distribution Inc. was additionally named within the swimsuit. Sarhadi claimed that the corporate had been responsible for negligence and negligent infliction of emotional misery, thus seeing the remainder of the group introduced into swimsuit.
Sarhadi claimed that Geever had served because the President and proprietor of that firm general, which is known to have represented the band’s varied pursuits. In her grievance, Sarhadi alleged that the band and Hardwork Distribution Inc. had “insurance policies and procedures in place to restrict Geever‘s potential to work together with girls and women.”
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 girls.”
Sarhadi additional alleged that the group and varied members of the band’s enterprise pursuits/inside circle tried to hide or downplay Geever‘s alleged conduct. Citing communication with alleged victims of Geever and press reviews, she estimated that Geever‘s victims totaled a minimum of sixty girls who had sexual relations with him whereas both or underage or with out giving him consent.
Sarhadi‘s grievance, which was later amended, additionally included allegations of different people who claimed to have confronted members band over time 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 satisfy the authorized bar essential to proceed.
A December 18th, 2024 ruling cited points with an absence of provable ties of Hardwork Distribution Inc. sources, and many others. being concerned in Sarhadi‘s alleged sexual assault by the hands of Geever, amongst different authorized issues.
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 may be discovered by way of courthousenews.com
[via Fake Your Death]
