Sex Pistol Accused of Firing Fist at Woman's Face

Forget the Queen, God save Johnny Rotten if the brutal and despicable allegations against the punk rock legend are true.
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According to a lawsuit filed moments ago in Los Angeles County Superior Court, the Sex Pistol singer allegedly beat the crap out of a female assistant and called her every horrible name in the book after the taping of a television show in 2007.

In the lawsuit, Roxane Davis claims Rotten, real name John Lydon, "cocked back his fist ... and punched her in the face" when the rocker was forced to stay in a room at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel that didn't share a door with his other assistant ... a dude named Rambo.

Davis says both Rotten and Rambo unleashed a verbal tirade, calling her a "fat f**king c*nt, f**king c*nt, and fat f**king whore."

Davis, who was an employee of the show Rotten was working on, says she reported the incident to her supervisor, "but the complaints fell on deaf ears."

But get this -- Davis admits the company did give her one warning about Rotten: "Under no circumstances was anyone to touch Rotten's hair."

So far, TMZ has been unable to contact Rotten for comment.

Tags: Johnny Rotten, JohnnyRotten, Sex Pistols, SexPistols

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16. this is what i don;t get, she was hired as a talent producer. Producers are EXEMPT to overtime...
AND that she was working for Steve Jones and Johnny Rotten... Is Gloria Allred her lawyer.

Posted at 8:04PM on Jun 4th 2008 by d.w.

17. PUNK ROCK still RULES to this day.
UP YOURS all you wankers out there.
I have worked in reality TV, these Talent Producers are STUPID. I really don't think Johnny would punch a girl in the face, UNLESS she was stupid like I have seen.

Johnny Rotten/Lydon is still a name, people... And the girl should of known what she was getting into...

I really hope this girl LOSES

Posted at 8:10PM on Jun 4th 2008 by punkrockgirl

18. This is nonsense, I worked on the show, this woman is nuts. Total lie, except the verbal abuse. Seriously, What else would you expect from rotten?

Posted at 8:56PM on Jun 4th 2008 by boomboom

19. Good work Johnny. Hit her again!

Posted at 8:47PM on Jun 4th 2008 by CoolGirl2008

20. Um, okay, if someone punched me in the face I would call the police right away! So, I don't buy this at all. While I'm sure John Lydon is perfectly capable of calling a woman a fat c*nt, I just don't see him punching her in the face. He's all bark and is probably bitter about have no musical staying power like some of his contemporaries (Joe Strummer will always be a legend -- Johnny Rotten, a joke).

Posted at 9:07PM on Jun 4th 2008 by Amy

21. I have to admit that punk rockers are like sandwiches. Bread on the outside, lettuce, onion, mustard, mayo, cold cuts. But they're not like hamburgers. Hamburgers have buns, lettuce, tomato, onion, patty, ketchup, relish, and some other condiments. I dunno... punk rockers are not like most foods.

Posted at 9:11PM on Jun 4th 2008 by Carlos Conquistador

22. he can't stand up to a man he would get his behind kicked. those type will beat on a kid or a women or beat a dog or cat. Big Man

Posted at 9:36PM on Jun 4th 2008 by Denise

23. Lawyers, don't bother putting the c*#t on a lie detector machine.... if ya want the truth to come out, hoist her onto a shipping scale.

Posted at 9:34PM on Jun 4th 2008 by Broeheem

24. Yes, if this person was hit in the face, WHY did she not call the police?
I think she is a lying about what really happened and is just taking advantage of the production company.

Every show now is very careful about sexual hassarment and I just can't see someone being asked to go to a Strip Club to check out the girls for the judges, ect.

People like her should not be able to work in the entertainment business. And not be working with Johnny Lydon at all..

Posted at 9:43PM on Jun 4th 2008 by punk rock 4ever

25. If this woman was beaten "so badly," then how come a criminal complaint wasn't filed with the police? She's bringing a civil suit a year later? She refuses to still file a police report over the matter? Sounds awefully contrived to me. There are a lot of losers out there in the world who go to work for a celebrity with the sole intention of fabricating stories such as these to blackmail them into paying out large sums of money, and the public is naive enough to believe them.

Posted at 10:09PM on Jun 4th 2008 by Chuck Paugh

26. I woship this dude because if it wasn't for dudes like him we would all still listening to Disco. He is the poster child of Violence and Anarchy for a bunch of us paste-y white spoiled effed up brats.

Never come between a Punk Rock(er) and a Hard Place. Any Smart Bitch knows that

Posted at 11:19PM on Jun 4th 2008 by chicken stripper

27. So, Johnny Rotten Teeth (what is it with the Brits and their teeth?) likes to bully women, huh? Typical behavior of a loser has been down on his luck. Self hatred makes some men lash out in disgusting ways. Ewwwww.

And what's with the joining rooms with another guy? Is this douche out of the closet yet. Oh well, I guess he is NOW....LOL!

Posted at 5:39AM on Jun 5th 2008 by knowsall

28. Richard, I think you are 100% right on your American punk genealogy, but I do believe that the Sex Pistols were the seminal punk band in England and were the genesis of the punk movement in London.

Having said that, it makes me cringe to see Johnny Lydon behaving like a douchebag. But, then again, this guy (as well as his other bandmates) were from the slums of London and probably didn't have the most genteel upbringing.

Posted at 6:57AM on Jun 5th 2008 by barbara

29. What a f***ing rotter!

Posted at 8:26AM on Jun 5th 2008 by Steve Jones

30. I'd like to punch him in the throat and watch him gasp for air. What a prick.

Posted at 9:09AM on Jun 5th 2008 by X

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