In a courtroom proceeding this week, a singer provided detailed testimony about the complex end of a long-term relationship with a famous music executive, an account that included serious allegations and revealed the emotional impact on her current partner.
The singer testified that her relationship with the executive, which lasted over a decade, ended in late 2018. Shortly after the separation, she began a new relationship with a personal trainer, whom she later married. During her testimony, she stated that the executive sexually assaulted her during a conversation about their breakup. She clarified that a subsequent encounter with him was consensual, attributing it to the difficulty of immediately severing deep emotional ties after many years together. The executive has publicly denied the assault allegation.
The court heard that when the singer informed her then-boyfriend, now her husband, about the alleged assault, his reaction was one of intense anger, resulting in him punching a wall. This detail emerged under cross-examination by the defense, which presented text messages from late 2018. These messages showed the singer and the executive exchanging affectionate words and planning to meet after her new relationship had begun. The defense suggested the assault claim was fabricated to explain these continued communications to her new partner, a suggestion the singer rejected.
When questioned about the friendly tone of those messages, which did not mention any assault, the singer acknowledged the texts but stood by her account of the earlier incident. She explained the continued contact as part of an effort to maintain peace after a lengthy, entangled relationship.
The singer’s husband has been present in court to support her but was excluded from the courtroom during the specific testimony about the alleged assault, as he may be called as a witness later in the trial.
The testimony also touched on the final time the two parties met in person before the trial, which the singer stated was at a memorial service in November 2018 for the executive’s former partner. Text messages from that period were presented, showing a tense exchange where the singer questioned the nature of their past relationship following public comments the executive had made about others.
