Bachelorette’s DeMario Jackson Sued by 2 Girls for Alleged Sexual Assault

DeMario Jackson is being sued by two girls for sexual battery, false imprisonment and intentional infliction of emotional misery following his time in the Bachelor franchise.

In accordance with a report by the Los Angeles Times, two Jane Does filed a grievance in opposition to Jackson, 35, within the Superior Court docket of California in Los Angeles County on Tuesday, September 20. Within the authorized paperwork, each girls declare that they have been pressured into having nonconsensual intercourse with the former reality star after separately dating him.

The primary Jane Doe alleges that Jackson “uncovered” himself to her after their first date. After she expressed that his conduct was unacceptable, the California native apologized they usually continued to see one another. Following one other night time out, the grievance particulars an alleged encounter the place Jackson “forcefully sexually assaulted” her.

“I couldn’t transfer, so all I might suppose to do was to say, ‘No, no, cease!’ And he simply ignored me. It was like he didn’t even hear me,” the primary nameless girl recalled. “I simply saved pondering: ‘Simply hold saying no. Nobody can ever take that away from you. For those who’re going to die, you’ll know you fought the one manner you can.’”

The girl subsequently reported the alleged encounter to the Rape Therapy Middle at UCLA Santa Monica Medical Middle in February 2018. After searching for authorized counsel, the primary Jane Doe contacted Keith Davidson and discovered that one other girl reached out to the lawyer along with her personal allegations in opposition to Jackson.

The second Jane Doe met Jackson in March 2019 they usually stayed in contact till their first date the next yr. Throughout their first assembly at his residence, Jackson allegedly tried to have intercourse with the nameless second plaintiff. Within the courtroom paperwork, the second Jane Doe detailed her “state of shock” and claimed that Jackson later confessed he “dedicated an unconsented” act in opposition to her.

An attorney for the former ABC personality addressed the lawsuit in an announcement.

“The allegations introduced in opposition to him are fully unfounded,” Walter Mosley informed Us Weekly concerning the claims. “Because the Plaintiffs’ personal grievance clearly states, the police, who DeMario totally cooperated with over 3 years in the past, discovered these girls’s accusations to don’t have any advantage after which refused to pursue the matter. Within the days to return, we’ll launch the proof we shared with the police on the time of the alleged incidents. Sadly, DeMario and I should take up this struggle once more to clear his title. Like earlier than, we may have [the] identical name-clearing end result.”

Jackson, who appeared in season 13 of The Bachelorette and season 4 of Bachelor in Paradise, beforehand made headlines when Warner Bros. place the fact sequence on a two-week manufacturing halt in 2017. On the time, a producer filed an allegation of sexual assault involving Bachelor in Paradise costars Corinne Olympios and Jackson.

Though filming resumed after the corporate discovered no proof of misconduct, neither Olympios, 30, nor Jackson returned to the show. In September 2017, the Bachelor alum opened up about where she stands with Jackson after the public controversy.

“At first it was actually onerous, however you understand, all the pieces is unfolding to the place I wish to be and I simply needed folks to know the reality,” she shared with Us. “We’re associates. We’re truly actually good associates. We, you understand, we obtained to speak about all the pieces that we needed to speak about and all of our unanswered questions and all the pieces like that.”

Jackson, for his half, echoed the statements made by the mannequin.

“We’re actually good associates, and you understand, we simply get pleasure from one another’s firm, and we wish to take issues gradual. I really feel just like the final couple of months, it’s been lots of strain for us to be one thing or this or that,” he mentioned on an episode of the “Larger Talks With Eric Larger” podcast in February 2018. “However on the finish of the day, you understand, it’s her and I. We hang around. We now have enjoyable, and you understand, that’s it. And a yr from now, you by no means know, however for proper now, you understand, we’re strictly associates … I informed her, like after the Jay-Z live performance — you understand, I used to be slightly drunk — and I mainly informed her, you understand, I used to be like, ‘Look, like I’m into you, you’re into me, however I don’t wish to half-ass do something.’”

For those who or somebody you understand have been sexually assaulted, contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673).