E! News: Stallone's Sex Assault Suit
Bob Barnett
Stallone cleans her clock in court.
Anon Guy wrote:
> E! News
> Mar 8, 2001, 2:05 PM PT
>
> Stallone's Sex Assault Suit
> by Mark Armstrong
>
> Sylvester Stallone: overly frisky workout partner or unwitting victim
> of a litigious tabloid hound?
>
> Depends on which lawyer you ask. An exotic dancer has sued the
> Rocky star, claiming he sexually assaulted her at a gym last year.
>
> In a suit filed last week in Santa Monica Superior Court, Margie Carr
> claims the 54-year-old actor attacked her last February at the Santa
> Monica Bodybuilding Center, "forcibly pinned" her against a wall and
> tore her clothes off.
>
> But Stallone's lawyer, Marty Singer, vehemently denied the
> allegations, saying her suit is "purely fictional and totally without
> merit," and that Carr is suing so she can sell more stories to the
> tabloids.
>
> "My client completely denies the claim," Singer said. "The problem is
> that in America, anybody can sue anyone on claims, whether false or
> not."
>
> In an interview last month with the Globe supermarket tab, Carr
> claimed she had a 10-year affair with Stallone, and that she loved
> Stallone and wanted him to leave his wife of four years, model
> Jennifer Flavin. She also gave an account of an alleged rough-sex
> encounter at the gym.
>
> Carr's lawsuit, filed February 28 (exactly one year after the alleged
> incident), claims Stallone forced her onto a couch and "attempted to
> forcibly have sexual intercourse" with her. Carr says she suffered
> emotional distress and pain and suffering and seeks unspecified
> damages.
>
> Singer, however, portrays Carr as delusional and lawsuit-happy,
> > saying the woman has already appeared on the Howard Stern show to
> talk about her Globe story, and that she's already filed other sexual
> harassment lawsuits against three different restaurants during the
> past three years.
>
> "Our belief is she filed this lawsuit to sell another story to the
> tabloid," Singer said. "We were told yesterday that she and her
> lawyer were attempting to sell a story to the European tabloids."
>
> Carr's lawyer, Christopher Morosoff, has not immediately returned a
> call for comment.
>
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