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: The rapper Nelly is asking a U.S. court to dismiss a British woman\u2019s lawsuit that alleges he\u00a0 assaulted her after a concert in England.<\/p>\n

The federal lawsuit was filed in November in St. Louis, the singer\u2019s hometown. The woman accuses Nelly, whose real name is Cornell Haynes Jr., of assaulting her in a dressing room at the concert venue in Essex in December 2017. Nelly hasn\u2019t been criminally charged and has denied the allegations.<\/p>\n

The woman is identified only as Jane Doe in the lawsuit.<\/p>\n

Nelly\u2019s attorney, Scott Rosenblum, filed a response to the lawsuit Thursday, arguing that the woman shouldn\u2019t be allowed to remain anonymous and \u201cavoid public scrutiny.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The woman alleges that she paid to have her photo taken with the 44-year-old rapper after the concert before he took her to a separate room and sexually assaulted her.<\/p>\n

The woman\u2019s attorney, Karen Koehler, said the woman reported the incident to police more than a year ago and she believes the investigation is ongoing. Essex police didn\u2019t immediately respond to an after-hours phone message from The Associated Press seeking information Friday.<\/p>\n

Rosenblum argued that a \u201ccloak of anonymity\u201d for the accuser invites people with personal vendettas \u201cto use the federal court system as a tool to inflict calculated harm against others\u2019 reputations\u201d while protecting themselves from scrutiny \u201cthat false accusations properly risk and invite.\u201d<\/p>\n

The lawsuit is the second such case filed against the rapper. In September, Nelly\u00a0settled a lawsuit<\/a>filed by a woman who alleged he raped her on his tour bus in suburban Seattle.<\/p>\n

Police in Washington arrested Nelly in October 2017, but prosecutors didn\u2019t file charges, citing a lack of cooperation by the accuser. Rosenblum said those accusations were fabricated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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