Carmen Bryan Accuses N.O.R.E. Of Sexual Assault

Carmen Bryan has filed a lawsuit, alleging that rapper and podcaster N.O.R.E. sexually assaulted her inside a nightclub in the 1990s. According to Carmen Bryan’s account. N.O.R.E. physically accosted her without consent inside a packed venue. Rolling Stone reports that Carmen Bryan, a former executive who worked at Rush Management and parented a child with Nas, filed a 20-page lawsuit in New York this past Wednesday (September 9).The complaint points to “pervasive sexism, sexual objectification, and misogynoir” being one of the reasons Bryan, 54, is now addressing the assault allegedly carried out by N.O.R.E., real name Victor Santiago.The outlet obtained a statement from Bryan’s attorneys Marjorie Mesidor and Heather Palmore which read: “No woman signs up to be assaulted. The assertion that an assault is excusable—or simply did not happen—because a perpetrator failed to recognize his victim strips women of their fundamental humanity. Ms. Bryan is coming forward not only to demand accountability for the lasting trauma and public humiliation inflicted upon her, but to challenge the culture of entitlement that treats women’s bodies as collateral damage.” The time period the alleged a...