Axl Rose is sued by former Penthouse mannequin over sexual assault claims

Axl Rose has been sued by a former Penthouse mannequin who claimed he dragged her ‘like a caveman’ and sexually violated her at a celebration in 1989. 

Sheila Kennedy, 61, has filed a bombshell lawsuit in opposition to the Guns N’ Roses frontman, actual title William Bruce Rose Jr, 61, claiming he tied her up and sexually assaulted her at a New York lodge once they have been each 26.

It comes greater than seven years after she first instructed the story of what allegedly occurred that evening completely to DailyMail.com. Rose has but to remark publicly. 

This time, Tennessee-born Kennedy, who was Penthouse Pet of the Year in 1983, is telling her story by way of the courts with the hope of claiming an unspecified quantity in financial damages through jury trial.

Legal paperwork filed Wednesday define how Kennedy met the rock megastar at a NYC membership in February 1989, earlier than going to a non-public occasion again at his lodge suite, which she says was attended by a lot of drugged-up folks. 

Axl Rose has been sued by a former Penthouse mannequin who claimed he dragged her ‘like a caveman’ and sexually violated her at a celebration in 1989

Sheila Kennedy, 61, has filed a bombshell lawsuit in opposition to the Guns N’ Roses frontman, actual title William Bruce Rose Jr, 61, claiming he tied her up and sexually assaulted her at a New York lodge once they have been each 26

It comes greater than seven years after she first instructed the story of what allegedly occurred that evening completely to DailyMail.com . Rose has but to remark publicly

Kennedy claims the Sweet Child o’ Mine singer started to make strikes on her – which was initially okay – till he cleared the room in order that it was simply her, one other feminine mannequin and one in every of his mates. 

She says she witnessed Rose having ‘aggressive intercourse’ with the opposite mannequin earlier than flying right into a rage with the lady and booting her out of his home, per TMZ. 

It was at this level he allegedly dragged her by the hair again to his mattress, tied up her palms with pantyhose, and sexually assaulted her. 

Kennedy’s lawsuits says she ‘didn’t consent and felt overpowered’ by the Indiana-born musician. She stated she was left traumatized by the alleged incident, struggling with nervousness and melancholy within the aftermath. 

‘Rose used his fame, standing, and energy as a celeb and performer within the music trade to achieve entry to control, management and violently assault Kennedy,’ the grievance claims.

Kennedy’s legal professionals say within the lawsuit that ‘this motion is well timed pursuant to the N.Y. Adult Survivors Act’, a New York legislation permitting alleged victims of sexual abuse to file civil fits previous the statute of limitations – which expires on Thanksgiving. 

When she detailed the allegations to DailyMail.com in February 2016, Kennedy recalled the evening as simply one in every of many wild experiences throughout a decade of residing the lifetime of a Penthouse Pet – a standing that noticed her pampered, coddled, manipulated and utilized by turns.

Kennedy stated she noticed bottles of prescription drugs and piles of cocaine on the 1989 occasion outlined in her swimsuit.

She claimed Rose grabbed her by her hair, slicing her legs as he dragged her throughout the carpet and threw her forcibly, face down onto the mattress.

Axl Rose of Guns N’ Roses performs on Day 4 of Glastonbury Festival 2023 on June 24, 2023 in Somerset, United Kingdom

Kennedy’s lawsuits says she ‘didn’t consent and felt overpowered’ by the Indiana-born musician. She stated she was left traumatized by the alleged incident, struggling with nervousness and melancholy within the aftermath

He tied her palms behind her again and he had intercourse together with her. And when he was performed he apologized.

Kennedy was found by the photographic assistant of legendary photographer, Stan Malinowski, a person who has shot for titles together with Vogue, Harpers Bazaar, Cosmopolitan, Playboy and Penthouse, many years in the past.

Soon after Sheila discovered herself standing on the door of Bob Guccione’s $34 million Manhattan mansion overlooking Central Park.

Guccione was surrounded by eight Rhodesian Ridgeback canine belonging to his South African girlfriend Kathy Keeton. 

‘He was sitting behind a grand piano that regarded prefer it was manufactured from strong gold and he had the chains on and the button down shirt,’ she says.

‘I lived in Vegas, I used to be sort of used to this glamorous look in guys. I used to be conversant in the look however his voice, when he spoke, he had this deep horny voice and he stated, “Hi Sheila, I hope you’re happy in your new home”.’

Looking again she remembers: ‘I wasn’t planning on having a relationship with him however as quickly as I noticed him I used to be simply, ‘Oh my God, you are beautiful.’

Being employed by Penthouse meant signing out and in every time she got here and went from the mansion – recognized by some as ‘the jail.’

It meant by no means having guys again to the home and for Sheila it meant sleeping with Guccione and finally sleeping along with his girlfriend Kathy in a threesome.

Her affair with Guccione began simply over a month after her arrival on the mansion.

Now, a surprising new documentary has revealed a grim perception into the lifetime of the Penthouse Pets, who Guccione allegedly talked into performing intercourse acts at his mansion. 

Secrets Of Penthouse is a four-part restricted sequence set to air on A&E and sheds mild on the sleazy American baron, who launched the infamous publication to rival Hugh Heffner’s Playboy in 1965.

At the peak of his fame and fortune, multimillionaire Guccione – who had an estimated internet value of $400 million on the peak of his success – lived along with his third spouse, Kathy Keeton, within the largest personal residence in Manhattan, which stood at a powerful 22,000 sq. ft.

Behind the doorways of the ginormous stately house, nevertheless, a lot seedier antics have been at play, with former Penthouse Pets claiming they have been proven bestiality pornography and talked into X-rated acts.