A euphony executive is facing rape allegations aft 2 women claimed he drugged them wrong his lavish $6.55 cardinal Joshua Tree mansion successful California.
Scott Leonard, 59, who touts himself arsenic a erstwhile creator head and major-label grounds executive, owns nan unsocial cliffside Kellogg Doolittle location nestled successful nan mountains, wherever he often hosts celebrity-filled parties, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Model and writer Courtney Barriger, 36, and Australian musician Jamie-Lee Dimes, 35, some shared achy memories of being wrong his home, wherever they allege Leonard slipped them drugs.
Both women reported nan alleged incidents to nan San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department, and Leonard has not been charged successful either case, according to nan Times.
'This has been 1 of nan worst times successful my life. If this is what I person to tolerate to person a profession successful music, I would alternatively speak up,' Dimes said successful an question and reply pinch nan outlet.
'I guidelines for raising consciousness of maltreatment successful nan euphony industry,' she told DailyMail.com.
Scott Leonard, 59, a erstwhile creator head and major-label grounds executive, owns nan unsocial cliffside Kellogg Doolittle home. Courtney Barriger, 36, and Jamie-Lee Dimes, 35, allege that he drugged them there
Dimes revenge a constabulary study to nan sheriff's agency and elaborate her alleged rape by Leonard, which she said occurred aft gathering him successful August 2022.
In nan report, she explained really she was introduced to Leonard, who says he worked successful creator improvement astatine Virgin Records America, done communal friends. He soon invited her to his location to talk astir her philharmonic career.
'The truth that I met him successful Joshua Tree, wherever it’s very organization based, and not L.A., made maine consciousness for illustration I could spot him,' she said.
Dimes came to Leonard's location and played a mates of songs for him earlier he 'slapped maine connected nan a** a fewer times' and 'asked maine who nan oldest personification I'd ever had activity pinch was,' according to nan report.
'I recovered it uncomfortable and tried to alteration nan subject.' she said.
'I was very clear from nan infinitesimal I met Scott that location was nary measurement I would ever person activity pinch him.'
She said she began to consciousness 'under nan power of this dense tranquilizer' astir an hr later.
Leonard past brought Dimes to a bedroom, wherever she recalled him 'behind maine and connected apical of me,' nan study said.
She added that his 'hands were successful my vagina' earlier 'he was connected apical of me, penetrating maine pinch what is believed to beryllium his penis, but it is foggy.'
Dimes continued: 'I do not retrieve really I sewage location but my apparel were connected nan level erstwhile I woke up.
'He was naked beside me, which freaked maine retired because location was nary measurement I consented. ... I saw humor each astir my thighs, my menstrual cup was shoved up my cervix. I couldn’t locomotion and I was screaming.'
The pursuing morning, Dimes woke up pinch 'bruises connected my wrist...shoulder, tummy and little abdominals, thighs and a damaged toe,' she said successful nan report.
In August 2022, Dimes revenge a constabulary study to nan sheriff's agency and elaborate her alleged intersexual battle acquisition pinch Leonard
According to nan report, Dimes said Leonard told her: 'You person to spell now, do not talk to immoderate of nan workers erstwhile you leave, you’re really f— up.'
Still disorientated, she drove location arsenic she had to drawback a formation location to Australia. Days later Dimes told constabulary successful nan Gold Coast astir what happened, nan study said.
In December, investigators successful Australia sent her clothing from that nighttime to San Bernardino. The clothing and swabs of DNA were put successful an grounds locker, nan Times reported.
'I americium truthful severely traumatized I haven’t been capable to function,' she told police.
'I honestly consciousness for illustration my full life has been flipped upside down because of this man taking advantage of me, sexually assaulting maine … and reasoning I won’t opportunity thing because of his business and euphony connections.'
Barriger, an writer and nan creator of Eco Fashion Label, said she had known Leonard and his partner, Keiko Harada, for astir 7 years. Barriger, who later moved pinch her then-partner into a trailer conscionable crossed from Leonard's home, was initially introduced to him 'as personification pinch a batch of clout,' she told nan Times.
In November 2021, Leonard and Harada invited nan mates to their location for a gathering.
'He had this location but ever played it cool,' Barriger recalled.
'He would opportunity things for illustration "Can I spot your paintings? Do you request a business mentor?" ' she added.
According to her constabulary report, erstwhile Barriger visited nan location by herself, she was near emotion uneasy aft speaking to Leonard.
'Leonard said thing to nan effect of "humankind would not person evolved if rape wasn’t an facet of it",' she said successful nan report.
As nan 3 drank precocious into nan night, Leonard soon invited her to enactment successful 1 of his impermanent rooms.
About 2.30am, Barriger said Leonard made a pineapple-flavored cocktail for her and Harada.
Soon aft some women sipped their drinks, Barriger said she started to consciousness for illustration she was hallucinating and saw that Harada's eyes 'were dilated.'
'Victim 1 walked to a reflector and looked into her ain eyes and saw they were besides dilated. Victim 1 confronted Leonard astir drugging her, and Leonard denied each allegations,' nan study said.
Harada soon fell asleep, erstwhile 'Leonard walked Victim 1 to nan room he offered her to slumber successful and tried to seduce her,' nan study said.
Barriger past attempted 'to time off nan situation,' but 'Leonard pulled' her 'back down to nan furniture by her sound loops and tried to buss Victim 1,' according to nan report.
Barriger recalled getting 'that shark-in-the-water feeling' astir Leonard, who she described arsenic 'dangerous and very aggressive,' she said successful an interview.
On November 11, 2021, Leonard and Harada invited her and her then-partner to their location for a gathering. Barriger recalled getting 'that shark-in-the-water feeling' astir Leonard, who she described arsenic 'dangerous and very aggressive'
'I'm drunk and can't thrust home. I conscionable went ace stiff, for illustration "How do I conscionable make this extremity arsenic accelerated arsenic imaginable and get retired of there?" '
After telling Leonard to stop, he yet left, according to nan report.
The pursuing day, Barriger visited 'High Desert Medical Center to get teste for MDMA,' but she was soon told by unit that 'she would person to record a constabulary study earlier she could beryllium treated,' nan Times reported.
At nan time, Barriger said 'she was not fresh to record a report.'
'I didn't cognize what to do and I was scared. There were 2 different versions of what to do then. I was for illustration "Is he arsenic bad arsenic I deliberation he is? Or americium I overreacting?",' she told nan outlet.
The study specified that Barriger 'was not raped by Leonard,' but she 'felt that she was incapacitated by nan narcotics and physically incapable to time off Leonard's residence.'
Following nan encounter, Barriger sent pictures of her dilated eyes to adjacent friends and family, nan Times reported.
Her sister told nan Times that Barriger called her astatine 7am and said that Leonard allegedly 'attempted to battle her and that she felt drugged and didn't cognize really to time off nan property.'
Barriger did not record a constabulary study correct aft nan alleged incident, but did later.
'I thought I did my owed diligence. But it’s contributed to a batch of nonaccomplishment successful my life,' she told nan Times.
Last year, aft Dimes returned to Joshua Tree, she ran into Barringer's then-partner astatine a section store.
Last year, aft Dimes returned to Joshua Tree, she ran into Barringer's then-partner astatine a section shop and learned that they some revenge reports against Leonard. (pictured: banal image of Joshua Tree, California)
It was past that she learned that they some revenge reports against Leonard, but aft reaching retired to nan constabulary section connected nan advancement of their cases, nan section informed them they didn't person nan statements.
In Aril 2023, nan San Bernardino County Sheriff‘s Department knowledgeable a cyberattack that restricted them from accessing constabulary reports submitted from April 2019 to April 2023, nan Times reported.
According to nan outlet, nan region paid $1.1million to a Russian-involved hacker group to retrieve nan data.
Their attorney, Christine Pelosi, nan girl of erstwhile House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, has been tirelessly fighting for her clients.
'We've been stuck connected this for a agelong time. We request immoderate benignant of justice,' Pelosi said.
DailyMail.com contacted Leonard, Harada and nan San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department for comment.
This is not nan only ineligible play Leonard has been caught up in, arsenic he is presently facing 7 criminal counts successful Los Angeles complete a 2022 incident involving a occurrence astatine a signaling workplace successful Hollywood that he owned, nan Times reported.
Nathan Edwards, 26, was killed successful nan blaze and musician Ozzy Osbourne's daughter, Aimee, who was signaling location astatine nan time, was injured.