Bassnectar denied dismissal of sexual abuse lawsuit, which will head to trial in 2025

nme.com:

Bassnectar has been denied a dismissal he requested of a sexual abuse lawsuit against him, and it will head to trial in 2025.In 2020, Bassnectar – real name Lorin Ashton – announced that he would be “stepping back” from making music after being accused of sexual misconduct by multiple people.

These consisted of claims that were made via an Instagram account called @evidenceagainstbassnectar.The next year, in April 2021, a lawsuit was filed against Ashton by Rachel Ramsbottom and Alexis Bowling – they allege that the producer and DJ engaged in sexual abuse of minors, a human trafficking venture, as well as manufacturing and possessing child pornography.

Two more people, identified as Jenna Houston and Jane Doe #1, joined the lawsuit the next month.Ashton has continued to deny all allegations made against him. “These outrageous claims – which were clearly designed for the media, rather than for the courts – are completely without merit, and we eagerly look forward to proving so,” said Ashton’s attorney Mitchell Schuster in a statement to NME in 2021.Now, a Rolling Stone report has revealed that Ashton failed to win a dismissal of the lawsuit.

A ruling issued on Thursday (December 5) by a federal judge revealed that the case is able to proceed towards a trial, currently set for February 2025.