Overview
- Giuseppe Corletto filed the lawsuit on Jan. 2 in New York County Supreme Court, alleging grooming, sexual assault, and rape spanning from the mid‑2000s through 2015.
- The complaint cites an alleged 2013 email in which McClurkin calls himself a “desperate dirty ‘old man’” and writes “I forced myself on you,” presented as corroboration.
- Corletto says he met McClurkin in 2003 at Long Island’s Perfecting Faith Church after reading the singer’s autobiography, later becoming his personal assistant and alleging coercion during “pray the gay away” sessions and on trips.
- The case is brought under New York City’s Gender‑Motivated Violence Protection Law, and the filing seeks unspecified compensatory damages and a jury trial.
- McClurkin’s attorney, Greg Lisi, calls the allegations “categorically false,” and no criminal charges are reported, with Nassau County prosecutors stating there is no open investigation.