At the time of the alleged assault, Liles worked as President of Def Jam and EVP of Island Def Jam, two positions he held from 1999 through 2004. Doe alleges that she started working at Def Jam as an executive assistant to the general manager around 1999 and that Liles began sexually harassing her with “derogatory and degrading comments based on her gender regarding her body and appearance.

Music executive Kevin Liles is being sued by a woman alleging she was sexually assaulted when he was an executive at Def Jam Recordings in 2002. According to court documents filed in New York Supreme Court and obtained by TMZ,