Carmen Bryan files sexual assault lawsuit against N.O.R.E

Carmen Bryan está movendo ação legal contra N. O. R. E, acusando o rapper de agressão sexual em 1999.

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O empresário, que tem um filho com Nas, entrou com uma ação judicial contra o rapper nascido em Queens, alegando que em 1999 ele a forçou em um clube noturno.

The 20-page complaint was filed yesterday (Wednesday September 9) in New York, and sees Bryan claim that she felt like she had to stay silent for over 25 years due to the “pervasive sexism, sexual objectification, and ‘misogynoir’” in the ‘90s hip-hop scene.

According to the filing (as per Rolling Stone), the alleged incident took place at a club in Manhattan in May 1999, when the rapper – real name Victor Santiago – was promoting his album ‘Melvin Flynt – Da Hustler’.

Bryan afirma que estava “visivelmente intoxicado”, “cometeu um ato de penetração digital não consensual” naquela noite, e “fisicamente a sobrepujou” quando ela supostamente implorou que ele parasse.

Afterwards, she claims in the filing, she left the club crying, but was followed by the rapper who allegedly made crude comments and repeated the phrase “Don’t you know who I am?”.

From there, he recognised Bryan as the partner of Nas and apologised – reportedly telling her that he “didn’t know” it was her because she was “always doing something different with [her] hair”.

N. O. R. E. está sendo acusado de agressão sexual por Carmen Bryan, que afirma que o rapper nascido em Queens se forçou nela em um clube lotado em 1999.

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Byran claims that he apologised to her again at a joint Father’s Day event and birthday party weeks later.

In the lawsuit, Bryan explains that she did not want to pursue legal action at first as she was worried about how things could escalate. She then changed her mind, however, when learning of the sex trafficking lawsuit filed against Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs in 2023, which “triggered Ms.

Bryan’s own traumatic memories of Santiago’s assault”.

Sua equipe jurídica alega que Bryan informou ao N. O. R. E sobre seus planos de entrar com uma ação contra ele em março e tentou resolver a questão fora do tribunal.

Eles então afirmaram que o rapper negou conhecê‑la – o que a levou a levar as alegações ao tribunal.

Ela está buscando indenização compensatória, e danos por sofrimento emocional e angústia mental sob a Lei de Proteção às Vítimas de Violência Motivada por Gênero da Cidade de Nova York.

N. O. R. E has not publicly spoken about the accusations, nor did he respond to Rolling Stone’s request for comment.

For more help, advice or more information regarding sexual harassment, assault and rape in the UK, visit the Rape Crisis charity website. In the US, visit RAINN.

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