Serious allegations against Tommy Lee. On Friday (December 15), a lawsuit was filed in a Los Angeles court in which an anonymous woman accused the Mötley Crüe drummer of sexually harassing her during a helicopter flight in 2003.
As the US ROLLING STONE reports, the woman described in the lawsuit as Jane Doe is said to have previously befriended the pilot David Martz, who eventually invited her on the flight. The plaintiff accepted the offer without knowing that Lee would also be on board.
She was unable to escape from the helicopter
Martz – who it is unclear whether he was piloting the helicopter or was there as a guest – started mixing alcohol shortly after it took off and consuming it with the drummer. They are also said to have snorted cocaine and smoked marijuana. They also asked the plaintiff if she wanted something to drink and when she said no, they told her to “relax”. Eventually she felt pressured because they wanted her to sit on Tommy Lee’s lap “to get a better view.”
The allegations continue as follows: “At one point, Lee penetrated the plaintiff with his fingers and also fondled her breasts. Lee then pulled down his pants and attempted to move plaintiff’s head toward his genitals. At this point the plaintiff was in tears, but she had nowhere to go – she was trapped […].”
Lee is accused of “she [die Klägerin] forcibly groped, kissed and penetrated her with his fingers and attempted to force her to perform oral copulation.”
No comment from Tommy Lee about the lawsuit
Mayhem Touring, Tommy Lee Inc., A Natural High Helicopters and Social Helicopters are also named as defendants, including Lee’s companies and the company that provided the helicopter. The plaintiff is now demanding damages for “sexual assault, gender-based violence, intentional infliction of emotional suffering and negligence.” The drummer himself has not yet commented on the allegations.
What else is known about Lee and Martz
In 1998, Lee was sentenced to six months in the Los Angeles County Jail for assault after he allegedly kicked his then-wife Pamela Anderson while she was holding the couple’s two-year-old son. He did not deny the charge.
Pilot David Martz, who according to US Rolling Stone lost his pilot’s license three times during his career – most recently in 2009 for performing oral sex during a helicopter flight – died in 2015 when the plane he was piloting crashed into Santa Barbara County crashed. He was not licensed to fly at the time of his death and was under investigation for falsifying Federal Aviation Administration records in connection with two drunken driving convictions.