SUFFOLK COUNTY, NY. (THECOUNT) –A lawsuit has been filed against CNN anchor Don Lemon alleging the sexual assault of New York man, Dustin Hice, while the two were inside a bar.
Hice, whose age was not provided, is suing Lemon for assault per a lawsuit filed against Lemon in August of 2019.
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The man is accusing the “CNN Tonight” host of a sexually charged assault the lawsuit describes as “vile, disgusting, lewd and inhumane.”
“[Lemon] put his hand down the front of his own shorts, and vigorously rubbed his genitalia, removed his hand and shoved his index and middle fingers into Plaintiff’s mustache and under Plaintiff’s nose,” according to the lawsuit, filed Aug. 11, 2019, in Suffolk County Court, reports Objectivist.
The alleged sexual attack occurred at a bar in the very prestigious Hamptons area of New York.
It’s fair to note that Hice does have a witness who claims to have seen the entire exchange and Mr. Hice reportedly passed a polygraph test as well.
Mr. Hice also claims that Lemon offered him a “six-figure” settlement, but Hice rejected that offer and filed the lawsuit instead.
“I’m not doing this for notoriety or fame, I’m doing this because I’m standing up for myself and what I believe in,” Hice told Fox News. “I’ve grown a new respect for people dealing with mental health issues because stress, depression, anxiety, those are all very serious things. It consumed my life.”
Lemon was served with the complaint Wednesday. The case was moving to discovery, according to a source close to Hice’s legal team.
CNN did not immediately respond with a comment regarding the complaint being served.
Lemon, through CNN, previously vehemently denied Hice’s allegations, and has continued to host “CNN Tonight.”
“I’ve grown a little skeptical of the news after what’s happened to me, nobody acknowledges it anymore,” Hice said. “The hypocrisy, he is a black, gay, liberal and supposed #MeToo advocate but when it doesn’t fit their narrative, or it’s one of their own, they don’t even address it.”
Lemon allegedly asked a crude question about Hice’s sexual preference during the physical confrontation, leaving him “shocked and humiliated,” according to the suit. The alleged incident occurred at Murf’s Backstreet Tavern, in the prestigious Hamptons area east of New York City in July 2018.
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Geo quick facts: Suffolk County is a predominantly suburban county on Long Island and the easternmost county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the county’s population was 1,493,350, estimated to have decreased slightly to 1,481,093 in 2018, making it the fourth-most populous county in New York – Wikipedia.