Neil portnow, the former Grammy awards head has been accused of rape

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Esther A

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Neil portnow, the former Grammy awards head has been accused of rape

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The former Grammy awards head, Mr Neil portnow has been accused of rape. This man is the former leader of the Recording Academy (Grammy Awards). He is currently been accused for sexual assault and battering and is faced with a lawsuit in Manhattan, United States.
The woman revealed that this man had drugged and raped her in 2018. The identity of the woman has been kept from the public for her privacy and security. The Academy, Granmys was also accused of being negligent.

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Neil portnow also has a history of making some derogatory remarks about women in the past. He had to resign from his position in 2019 when this incident occurred. He had served in his position for 17 years at the time.
In her account of the incident which occurred, the woman revealed that Neil had invited her to his hotel and he drugged her. He gave her wine and after she drank the wine, she felt lightheaded and disoriented. She revealed that he didn't drink any of the wine.

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She said she told him she wanted to take her leave but he told her there were no taxis and began to say other things.
He revealed that he had been thinking about her and he then assaulted her. She also revealed that she had shared the incident with some officials at the Academy but they didn't do anything about it.
 

Esther A

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can you share more about the accusation?
Mr Neil portnow was accused of drugging and raping a woman in his hotel room. This was before he resigned as the CEO of the Grammy Awards in 2019. The name of the victim wasn't revealed but the filing against Mr Portnow states that they met in an event in 2018 in New York and she had wanted to interview him.
He then invited her to his hotel room and gave her a drink and she felt dizzy after taking it. He didn't give room for her to take her leave claiming there were no taxis at that hour