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Bassnectar Sex Abuse Case Headed to Trial After Judge Denies His Motion to Dismiss Lawsuit

A Bassnectar sex abuse lawsuit will go to trial after a judge refused to toss it. The lawsuit accuses him of sexually abusing three underage girls.

A federal judge is refusing to dismiss a civil lawsuit accusing electronic producer Bassnectar of sexually abusing three underage girls, sending the long-running case to a jury trial. In a ruling Thursday (Dec. 6), Judge Aleta Trauger dismissed some aspects of the case but said that the overall lawsuit against the DJ (whose real name is Lorin Ashton) would be resolved by a jury of his peers. Thursday’s order came more than three years after the three women — Rachel Ramsbottom, Alexis Bowling and Houston — filed their lawsuit, accusing Ashton of using his “power and influence to groom and ultimately sexually victimize underage girls.”

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