Overview
- The Manhattan federal trial set for Jan. 12, 2026, did not start, and Dixon announced the deal outside the locked courtroom.
- Terms were not disclosed, and Reid’s lawyer said the matter was resolved without any admission of liability.
- Dixon filed the lawsuit in November 2023 under New York’s Adult Survivors Act window, alleging sexual assault and harassment dating to the early 2000s.
- Her complaint details alleged assaults in 2001 on a flight to a company event in Puerto Rico and later in a car, along with claims of career retaliation after she rebuffed him.
- Planned testimony, including from John Legend about alleged retaliation at Arista Records, will not be heard because the trial will not proceed.