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In a dramatic escalation of the LA Reid Atty Sex Assault Suit, music producer Drew Dixon has asked a New York federal judge to sanction the former attorneys of music mogul Antonio “L.A.” Reid, alleging their “unreasonable and vexatious conduct” caused severe delays — including the last-minute derailment of a September trial.

Dixon’s attorneys filed a fiery memorandum on Friday, demanding that the firm Kinsella Holley Iser Kump Steinsapir LLP (KHIKS) pay at least half of the “reasonable fees and costs” accrued during July and August, accusing them of stalling “every step” of the litigation.

The KHIKS team has not yet responded to requests for comment.

Trial Pushed to January Amid File Dispute

The case, filed in November 2023 under the New York Adult Survivors Act, had been slated to go before a jury in early September. But in an eleventh-hour twist, the trial was postponed to January 2025, just two weeks before its start date.

According to Dixon’s attorneys, the court had explicitly warned Reid that he would have to represent himself if he failed to secure new counsel in time. Yet when Reid arrived at an Aug. 25 pretrial conference with new lawyers, they revealed they had never received his litigation file — allegedly because KHIKS hadn’t handed it over.

“KHIKS’s failure to give defendant his litigation file so that he could prepare to represent himself … could only have been done for the purpose of delaying the trial,” Dixon’s lawyers argued in their motion.

Pattern of Delays and Discovery Missteps

The sanctions request also accuses the former defense team of “repeated dilatory discovery tactics.” Among the alleged missteps: failing to conduct a sufficient search of Reid’s records, neglecting to instruct him not to delete evidence, and accepting a subpoena for Gamma Media Holdings LLC without proper authorization.

These failures, Dixon’s attorneys claim, have hampered their ability to move the case forward and unfairly prolonged proceedings.

Both Reid’s new counsel and Dixon’s legal team declined to comment on the latest filing.

The Case and Allegations

Dixon, who worked on hit records for icons like Whitney Houston and Aretha Franklin, accuses Reid of sexual assault, false imprisonment, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and violating the New York City Gender Motivated Violence Act.

She alleges that Reid assaulted her while she worked for him at Sony Music Entertainment’s Arista Records in the early 2000s.

Representation

Dixon is represented by Kenya K. Davis, Sigrid S. McCawley, Daniel J. Crispino, Amber S. Stewart, and Jacqueline Kelly of Boies Schiller Flexner LLP.

Reid is represented by Imran H. Ansari and Michael DiBenedetto of Aidala Bertuna & Kamins PC.