The American model Carré Otis has said she is “elated” her sexual assault lawsuit against the former modeling agency boss and New York talent agent Trudi Tapscott was revived by a federal appeals court more than two years after a crushing dismissal. “Definitely mixed feelings and really elated,” Otis told the Guardian in her first interview since the ruling earlier this week, when asked how she felt about the US second circuit court of appeals reversing a lower court’s decision. “There has been a sense of responsibility that I have with other survivors – other women and men, girls and boys, that have gone through similar injustices and abuses, of course throughout all industries but in particular my industry,” Otis said, noting that modeling, which remains in effect unregulated, has long been against fashion workers.
“It is so meaningful for me and important for me to be able to move forward in the ways that I can, sort of as a representative and standing in solidarity with other survivors who are outside of the statute of limitations and don’t have this opportunity.” Otis Marie and Tapscott in New York in August 2021, under her legal name, Carré Sutton, alleging that he repeatedly raped her at his Paris apartment when she was 17. The civil claim filed in Manhattan federal court further alleged that Otis was “trafficked by Marie to other wealthy men around Europe”.
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