Underage Clubber Claims Les Deux Owner Raped Her
A 19-year-old girl has filed a lawsuit against Les Deux nightclub, claiming she was plied with alcohol and then anally and vaginally raped by the owner.
In court papers filed yesterday in L.A. County Superior Court, Skye-Anne Smith alleges on August 9, 2007, she went to Les Deux and was admitted without showing ID. She says she was immediately taken to the "owner's table," where she met defendants Lonnie Moore and Sylvain Bitton, both co-owners of the club. In the lawsuit, she says Moore "started off the debauchery" by plying her with six to eight alcoholic drinks. The suit alleges one of the owners suggest to Moore that Smith shouldn't be in the club because of her age. The alleged response from Moore: "I don't care. She's hot."
Smith says Moore led her to the "manager's lounge" -- which was outfitted with a large bed. She alleges that Moore pinned her against the wall and began to kiss her (she did not kiss him back, she says). She then claims he "pushed [her] onto the bed," "moved [her] clothing" and then "forcibly penetrated [her] both anally and vaginally and forced Plaintiff to conduct oral copulation on him."The suit claims Smith "verbally expressed her pain and said 'no.'"
Smith is suing for negligence, assault, battery, and sexual battery and is asking for damages in excess of $5 million. Mike "Boogie" Malin, a co-owner who won the all-star season of "Big Brother," was also named as a defendant, though Smith did not allege he engaged in misconduct.
The attorney for Les Deux, Ronald Richards, tells TMZ the club and other agencies investigated the incident and concluded Smith was not credible and a "whack job." Richards adds Smith made moves on Moore and that "she was all over him in front of numerous witnesses." He says this is a "typical Hollywood shakedown." The bed, he says, is for managers to sleep in -- alone, because of long hours. Richards tells us Moore has never been accused of harassment or assault of any kind, noting Les Deux has a strict sexual harassment policy in the club. We're told Smith has been on the "party circuit" for years.
