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Feb. 1 2023, Printed 2:02 a.m. ET
Music exec Irving Azoff and his spouse Rochelle ‘Shelli’ Azoff have been hit with a bombshell new lawsuit by a former housekeeper who claims she was pressured to endure sexual assault after complaining about not being paid extra time, RadarOnline.com has realized.
Based on courtroom paperwork obtained by RadarOnline.com, Rosa Martinez and Juliana Martinez Garcia have filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court docket.
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Rosa is suing for assault and battery, sexual battery, sexual harassment, retaliation, and wrongful termination.
“Martinez and Garcia convey this lawsuit to vindicate their rights in opposition to a robust Hollywood couple and to place an finish to their abusive practices in the direction of home staff,” the go well with learn. Martinez accused Rochelle of subjecting her to “merciless and sadistic types of sexual harassment and sexual assault that was unwelcome and persuasive, which escalated of their frequency and severity in retaliation for her complaints of unpaid extra time and abuse.”
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Martinez stated she began working as a live-in housekeeper for Rochelle and Irving in January 2022. She took care of cleansing the property, recording housekeeping bills, setting the desk and serving meals, caring for the canines, operating errands and aiding Rochelle with varied duties.
Within the lawsuit, she stated she labored “way over the eight-hour workday that she had agreed.” As well as, she claims to have continuously missed meals and relaxation breaks. Martinez stated she complained in April about not being paid extra time which led to retaliation from Rochelle that included “merciless and intimidating conduct, usually sexual in nature, in an effort to humiliate and degrade” Martinez “and drive her into submissive obedience.”
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Martinez stated Rochelle “routinely” spanked her “buttocks with an open palm” and “violently pinched” her cheeks, “inflicting her eyes to tear.”
“On at the very least one event, Rochelle Azoff pinched” Martinez’s “cheek whereas warning her to not complain about unpaid wages on behalf of herself and the opposite housekeepers,” the go well with alleged.
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As well as, Martinez claimed Rochelle “additionally summoned” her on a number of events and “fully undressed herself in entrance” of the housekeeper “for no obvious motive aside from to ask” Martinez“ to enrich her physique.”
The go well with stated Martinez “felt humiliated and powerless each time Ms. Azoff pressured her to have a look at her bare physique and provide compliments however felt powerless to disobey.”
Martinez claimed Rochelle even pressured her to wash her “intercourse toys with out protecting gloves as a result of she claimed to be allergic to rubber.” The housekeeper stated Rochelle even made her scent her nightwear “in an effort to decide whether or not to scrub them, although they have been dirty with bodily fluids and different stains.”
One other incident detailed included an alleged undesirable kiss on a non-public airplane. In April 2022, Martinez described one incident the place she allegedly sexually assaulted her at a house in the course of the Coachella Valley Music Competition.
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Martinez stated she lastly requested Rochelle to cease touching her as a result of it introduced up previous recollections of a sexual assault. She claimed that Rochelle laughed at her.
“In response, Rochelle Azoff chastised [Martinez] for being too delicate, level [sic] out that if she had been via the ache of rape, she can be robust sufficient to endure her conduct,” the go well with stated.
On one other event, she stated Rochelle known as her into her bed room the place she was smoking a cigarette. She claims Rochelle took her cigarette and burned it on the highest of her lengthy sleeve shirt. “The ash went via [Martinez’s] shirt and burned her pores and skin,” the courtroom paperwork allege.
In June 2022, Martinez stated she wrote a letter of resignation and left the observe on Rochelle’s mattress. She stated Rochelle threatened to have her endure a strip search except she signed a severance settlement. She stated she signed the doc to keep away from having her physique touched.
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Later, she claimed to have realized that Rochelle had bad-mouthed her to the company she was employed from. She stated Rochelle instructed them she had fired her and never that she resigned.
The go well with named Irving as a defendant as a result of Martinez claims he had data that his spouse had sexually battered her and refused to take motion or cease her.
Martinez is in search of unspecified damages.