Danny Elfman DENIES 'absurd' sexual abuse allegations
EXCLUSIVE: Bridget Fonda’s husband composer Danny Elfman DENIES ‘absurd’ sexual abuse allegations
- Composer Danny Elfman, 70, who married actress Bridget Fonda in 2003, is accused of sexually abusing a Maryland woman from 1997 to 2002
- The unidentified woman, only known as Jane Doe XX, is suing Elfman and his company, Musica de la Muerta, for sexual assault and more
- Elfman fired back in court papers, saying all the allegations are false and that the lawsuit ‘was maliciously filed without any valid basis in fact’
Composer Danny Elfman has emphatically denied the sexual abuse allegations made against him as ‘absurd’ and ‘meritless’.
In court documents obtained by DailyMail.com, Elfman’s lawyers claim the lawsuit by Jane Doe XX was ‘maliciously filed’ for the ‘improper purpose of embarrassing Mr. Elfman and extorting settlement money.’
Elfman, 70, who married former actress Bridget Fonda in 2003, is accused of sexually abusing the anonymous Maryland woman from 1997 to 2002 by exposing himself to her and masturbating while she slept in bed next to him.
The new documents filed by the composer’s lawyers plainly state that Elfman ‘did not engage in any wrongful conduct toward Plaintiff. He committed no sexual abuse, made no inappropriate advances, and never inappropriately touched her.’
Danny Elfman has denied the sexual abuse allegations made against him as ‘absurd’ and ‘meritless’
Elfman, 70, who married former actress Bridget Fonda in 2003, is accused of sexually abusing a Maryland woman from 1997 to 2002
The unidentified woman is suing Elfman and his company, Musica de la Muerta, for sexual assault, gender violence, intentional infliction of emotional distress, sexual harassment and negligence.
The lawsuit alleges that the plaintiff met Elfman at a party in April 1997, when she was a 21-year-old student at the New York Film Academy, and Elfman was 47.
She claims he would invite her to various industry events, asked her opinions about films and music and treated her as, ‘a consultant and protégé.’
The lawsuit also reveals that anytime she was alone with Elfman, he ‘removed all of his clothing until he was completely nude, and walked around nude in front of Plaintiff, exposing his genitals.’
‘Defendant Elfman expressed to Plaintiff that this was the only way he could work, be creative, and successful,’ the complaint alleges.
The plaintiff felt that ‘she had no choice but to always comply with his requests, and Plaintiff felt this was a condition of their continued relationship,’ the complaint states.
She also claims he brought her to film scoring sessions for Good Will Hunting and invited her to stay at his place in Topanga Canyon, California, while she looked for an apartment in LA.
She says that she would often sleep in the same bed as Elfman, while he was completely nude and she was fully clothed, often on top of the covers.
Elfman fired back in court papers, saying all the allegations are false and that the lawsuit ‘was maliciously filed without any valid basis in fact’
Bridget Fonda was pictured for the first time after her husband was accused of sexual abuse by a second woman in a new lawsuit
When Elfman allegedly told her in 2002 that, ‘Every time you have ever slept next to me, I would masturbate next to you,’ she ended the relationship.
A year after the plaintiff’s relationship with Elfman ended, the composer got engaged to actress Bridget Fonda and they tied the knot that November, sharing 18-year-old son Oliver.
But Elfman fired back in court documents filed this week, saying the ‘story that Mr. Elfman secretly masturbated in Plaintiff’s presence while she was asleep, and then decided on a whim years later to tell her that he had done so, is false.
‘He never masturbated in her presence and never told her he did. Not only is Plaintiff’s Complaint palpably false, but the purported legal claims stated therein are patently meritless.’
The documents go on to state that Jane Doe XX ‘chose to embark on a disinformation campaign, providing her dishonest Complaint to the media days before it was filed with the Court or became publicly available on the Court’s docket.
‘By publicizing her allegations and using provocative, but untrue, buzzwords throughout her pleading, Plaintiff all but guaranteed widespread, salacious press coverage that was certain to damage Mr. Elfman, notwithstanding the meritless nature of her claims.’
The new lawsuit is similar to composer Nomi Abadi’s, who sued Elfman in back in 2018, though the lawsuit was settled.
Abadi then sued Elfman again in July of this year for failure to fully pay the settlement agreement reached in 2018, with Elfman still yet to pay $85,000 of the $835,000 settlement.
The lawsuit alleges that the plaintiff met Elfman at a party in April 1997, when she was a 21-year-old student at the New York Film Academy, and Elfman was 47
The new lawsuit is similar to composer Nomi Abadi’s, who sued Elfman in back in 2018, though the lawsuit was settled
The initial lawsuit that Abadi filed in 2018 alleged that Elfman exposed himself and masturbated in front of her on many occasions.
In the new filing, Elfman’s lawyers state, ‘Defendants specifically deny that Mr. Elfman ever engaged in any inappropriate conduct with non-party Nomi Abadi, as alleged in the Complaint.
‘Ms. Abadi’s allegations, like Plaintiff’s allegations, are baseless.’
After Jane Doe XX first heard about the original lawsuit, she contacted Abadi’s attorney Jeff Anderson.
Anderson says Jane Doe XX told him, ‘The similarities are so striking. Around the same age, both aspiring in the entertainment industry, looking to him as a powerful mentor and trusting him and not in a position to recognize that they were each being used and abused.’
The plaintiff is seeking damages, ‘including but not limited to medical and incidental expenses and loss of earnings.’
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