Back in December of 2022, Charlamagne Tha God was hit with a lawsuit from a woman named Jessica Reid, who accused him of sexual assault in 2001. At the time, he was indicted for criminal sexual conduct with a minor as well as contributing to the delinquency of a minor, and accepted a plea deal in 2002. Reid sued the Breakfast Club host and publisher Simon & Schuster over his book Black Privilege .
It features his account of the incident and came out in 2017. Now, Judge Ona T. Wang has sided with Charlamagne and his co-defendant.
She granted Simon & Schuster's motion to dismiss Reid's defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress claims. “McKelvey’s recounting of the assault and its aftermath is entirely compatible with plaintiff’s account of the assault except for plaintiff’s allegation that she was able to see McKelvey’s face prior to his sexually assaulting her,” she ruled. “In any event, McKelvey’s account, although self-serving in its version of events, does not ‘expose’ [Reid] ‘to hatred, shame, obloquy, contumely, odium, contempt, ridicule, aversion, ostracism, degradation or disgrace.
’” Read More: Charlamagne Tha God Thinks Michael Rubin Is Actually Right Despite Backlash Charlamagne tha God attends the 2023 HOPE Global Forum at Hyatt Regency Atlanta on December 11, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Derek White/Getty Images) Judge Wang also cited Reid's reliance on the New York’s Child Victims Act as an issue. "The CVA does n.