I knew I had a smile still half-pasted on my face, but once the shock started to wear off a bit, my brain went into panic mode. I was being assaulted in the midst of that scene. He started massaging it, then kneading it more firmly, then making his way down my butt to my genitals, then rubbing my labia," Hariri alleges in her statement. "And while cameras clicked away, I felt Simon Le Bon’s left hand brashly and ridiculously move to my right butt cheek. Hariri was working the event when the four band members took their seats for a photo op. She was an aspiring filmmaker who worked at The Wherehouse, a record store where Duran Duran held an autograph signing for hundreds of fans. It is time for me to talk about it."Īt the time of the incident, Hariri was 24 and living with a boyfriend in a loft in downtown Los Angeles. "Simon Le Bon, lead singer of Duran Duran, sexually assaulted me at my workplace in April of 1995.
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The band has secured 21 songs in the Billboard Hot 100 with their numerous new wave and synthpop hits, including 'Hungry Like the Wolf,' 'Rio,' 'The Reflex' and 'Girls on Film.' The band has been showered with several accolades and awards including two Brit Awards including the 2004 award for Outstanding Contribution to Music, two Grammy Awards, an MTV Video Music Award for Lifetime Achievement and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.įind the full statement by Hariri recounting the incidents of her incident with Le Bon below (via Detroit Free Press): Le Bon, 59, is the acclaimed voice and face of the 1980s pop-rock band Duran Duran, which spearheaded MTV's 'Second British Invasion' of the US, selling over 100 million records worldwide.
Neither Le Bon nor his attorney has addressed the issue as of yet and could not be reached for comment when approached by Free Press. He's not going to remember any particular lady or any particular moment,'" Prescott said, referring to Le Bon's lawyer's comments. "He never admitted anything, It was more of, 'I can come and tell you how sorry I am that this happens to women,'" said Prescott, pointing out that Le Bon's lawyer did not express any shock or outrage while discussing the allegation. "The stance was, 'There were a lot of drugs taken those days. But Le Bon, through his attorney, has admitted no wrongdoing, she said. Prescott said that she had been talking to Le Bon's attorney for months, "right up through last week," about scheduling a possible sit down for the two parties. But Prescott confirmed that the motivation for the client was not financial gain, noting her client stressed: "'I don't want money.'" Prescott also went on to explain how her client cannot sue in this case since the statute of limitations has already passed (two years for assault cases). Her view was, 'Let's just let the sunlight in.'" "At first he was kind of, 'Yes, well, maybe later.' It was just not gonna happen. Northville attorney Sarah Prescott, an employee-rights lawyer who is representing Hariri said her client came close to a sit-down with Le Bon in recent months - through talks with his attorney - but that Le Bon ultimately changed his mind. "We were within a hair’s breath to do a sit-down with him," Prescott said. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for SiriusXM) #TimesUp." Simon Le Bon, frontman of Duran Duran has been accused of molesting a fan during a meet-and-greet session. She concluded: "If he wants to make amends to me, I am open to it. I hope none of them are grabbed by the p- by a powerful man just because he can."Īccording to the report by the Detroit Free Press, Hariri admitted that it was the release of the Donald Trump's "Access Hollywood" tape where he infamously spoke about "grabbing women by the pu**y" and getting away with it because of his celebrity status that prompted her to come out and publicly address the incident from over two decades ago. I hope his daughters live in a better world than the one he created - and mine does too. I hope he makes amends to his wife and daughters. I want everyone to know what this man did to me," Hariri said in a statement obtained by the Detroit Free Press. But she says she wants Le Bon to acknowledge the assault and own up to it publicly. "I decided that time’s up.
The accuser, Shereen Hariri, 47, a Los Angeles therapist and mother, has not filed a lawsuit, nor is she seeking any reparations. The singer, however, has denied the accusation, claiming it was “simply untrue” and that he cannot apologize for something he did not do. Duran Duran lead singer Simon Le Bon is the latest to feel the heat of the #MeToo movement, with a woman accusing him of grabbing her private parts in the middle of a crowded record store in 1995 during an autograph signing in Los Angeles.
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