BEVERLY HILLS (CNS) - A self-professed porn actress is suing Los Angeles County and the Sheriff's Department, alleging deputies inappropriately touched her after she was arrested at the Abbey Bar & Grill in West Hollywood in 2022.
The plaintiff is identified only as Jane Doe in the Beverly Hills Superior Court lawsuit, which alleges sexual battery, sexual assault, battery by a law enforcement officer and intentional infliction of emotional distress. She seeks unspecified compensatory and punitive damages.
An LASD representative did not immediately reply to a request for comment on the suit brought June 1.
Doe was a customer at the Abbey on April 16, 2022, which the suit describes as an "LGBTQ-friendly" establishment located on Robertson Boulevard. She was mingling with friends and other patrons while wearing a black skirt and black top emblazoned with the logo Brazzers, a reference to a pornographic video production company, the suit states.
"Plaintiff was and is a widely known and easily identifiable female adult entertainer or pornstar actress," the suit states. "Due to her popularity, plaintiff is routinely recognized by viewers of pornographic videos, as well as consumers of popular culture media."
The suit states Doe was detained and arrested, but does not state why. She alleges two deputies removed her bra and inappropriately touched her, then wrongfully told her to take off her underwear while she was in the rear seat of a patrol car.
Doe alleges the deputies, none of whom were Black like her, knew she was a porn actress and believed she was "deserving of the indignity of being sexually violated."
Doe continues to be fearful of her health, safety and freedom and to suffer emotional distress because of her interaction with the deputies, according to the suit, which further states she delayed taking legal action for fear of retaliation by the deputies.
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