Why Tessa Thompson's 'Sorry To Bother You' character is named Detroit It happened at the record store View Gallery: Duran Duran with Nile Rodgers and Chic at DTE Energy Music Theatreįederal judge: U-M must give student accused of sex assault live hearing Le Bon, 59, is the acclaimed voice and face of the 1980s pop-rock band Duran Duran, which captured the MTV revolution with numerous new wave and synthpop hits, including "Hungry Like the Wolf," "Rio" "The Reflex" and "Girls on Film." In 1982, Duran Duran won a Grammy award in the "Best Video" category for "Hungry Like the Wolf" and one for Best Video Album. Messages also have been left with Duran Duran's management company, Magus Entertainment in New York. Le Bon's attorney, Dave Berger of the New York firm Allegaert Berger & Vogel, could not be reached for comment. He's not going to remember any particular lady or any particular moment,' " Prescott said, referring to Le Bon's lawyers comments. "The stance was, 'There were a lot of drugs taken those days. "He never admitted anything, It was more of, 'I can come and tell you how sorry I am that this happens to women,' " said Prescott, who recalled Le Bon's lawyer not expressing any shock or outrage about the allegation. But Le Bon, through his attorney, has admitted no wrongdoing, she said. Prescott said that she had been talking to Le Bon's attorney for months, "right up through last week," about scheduling a possible sit-down for the two parties. But this isn't about financial gain, she said, noting her client stressed: " 'I don't want money.' " Prescott explained that her client cannot sue because the statute of limitations is up: It's two years for assault cases. Her view was, 'Let's just let the sunlight in.' " "At first he was kind of, 'Yes, well, maybe later.' It was just not gonna happen. "We were within a hair’s breath to do a sit-down with him," Prescott said. Northville attorney Sarah Prescott, an employee-rights lawyer who handles sexual misconduct cases and is representing the woman, said her client came close to a sit-down with Le Bon in recent months - through talks with his attorney - but that Le Bon changed his mind. #TimesUp." Accuser says money is not motivator She concluded: "If he wants to make amends to me, I am open to it. I hope none of them are grabbed by the p- by a powerful man just because he can." I hope his daughters live in a better world than the one he created - and mine does too. I hope he make amends to his wife and daughters. I want everyone to know what this man did to me," the woman said in a statement obtained by the Free Press. But she says she wants Le Bon to own up to the assault, noting it was the the release of the Donald Trump "Access Hollywood" tape where he talks about grabbing women by their genitalia and getting away with it because he's a celebrity that prompted her to go public. The woman has not filed a lawsuit, nor is she seeking any money. The #MeToo movement has ensnared another celebrity: Duran Duran lead singer Simon Le Bon is accused of grabbing a woman's private parts in the middle of a crowded record store in 1995 during an autograph signing in Los Angeles.
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