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*A man who says he’s the great-grandson of “Three Stooges” star Moe Howard has brought a lawsuit that accuses late Paramount chief Brad Grey of raping him, THR reports.
Rovier Carrington has filed a $100 million lawsuit against Grey and the former president of MTV. He also accuses Viacom of covering up the rape scandal.
In the complaint, Grey, who died of cancer in 2017, allegedly sexually assaulted Carrington on separate occasions, including in December 2010 at the Polo Lounge in Beverly Hills.
Court documents obtained by The Hollywood Reporter details incidents of coercion, violence and sexual misconduct by Grey.
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“Grey indicated to Carrington that if he did not have sex with him, he would destroy any chance plaintiff had of building a career in the entertainment industry,” the lawsuit filed in Manhattan Supreme Court states.
“Grey demanded Carrington drink alcohol to make it easier, at which point he proceeded to pour the spirit down Carrington’s throat, ripped off his clothes, and proceeded to anally rape him, without a condom.”
After the assault, Carrington said Grey threatened him and tried to trick him into signing a nondisclosure agreement.
According to the NY Daily News, Carrington claims that in May and June 2011, Viacom’s human resources department contacted him “several times” and asked that he sign a non-disclosure agreement. He was also informed that he would receive “an envelope filled with money.”
But Carrington refused to sign and he claims an alleged deal he had to produce his reality TV series “The Life of a Trendsetter” was canceled by Paramount Pictures. He says he was also blacklisted from the studio’s parent company Viacom and unable to find work in the industry.
According to the report, Carrington claims Brian Graden, former MTV president, contacted him on social media in 2014 and offered to contact Viacom boss Sumner Redstone on his behalf to get the blacklist lifted – but only if Carrington agreed to have sex with him.
He says Graden told him the offer was “his only option if he wanted to work in the entertainment industry” again.
Carrington is seeking damages between $15 million and $100 million.
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