With his band’s first new album in 16 years out Friday, post-punk’s dark prince discusses enduring on his own terms and clashing with the most powerful company in live music.
The music mogul’s business portfolio has shrunk, in part because of multiple sex abuse allegations, but his wealth remains a critical factor as his criminal case unfolds.
The embattled music mogul is facing federal sex trafficking charges and a slew of lawsuits. Curious listeners and fans are keeping his catalog in rotation.
A woman who worked as a hair and makeup stylist for the country superstar says he subjected her to repeated advances. Mr. Brooks said it is “behavior I am incapable of.”
Federal agents executed search warrants at his homes in Los Angeles and Miami Beach, and he faces several civil lawsuits accusing him of rape and sexual assault.
Prosecutors say the sexual encounters in hotel rooms were coercive and abusive and are the heart of their sex trafficking case. The music mogul’s lawyers call them consensual.
Activists and survivors are hopeful for change after the industry, which has a pervasive party culture, largely avoided the accountability that swept Hollywood and politics.
Los fiscales dicen que los encuentros sexuales en habitaciones de hotel fueron coercitivos y abusivos y son el núcleo de su caso de tráfico sexual. Los abogados del magnate de la música dicen que fueron consentidos.