Note: This article contains descriptions of alleged sexual assault that some readers may find disturbing.

RiFF RAFF is due to stand trial next year in a sexual assault case stemming from a 2014 incident at a Nevada brothel, court documents reviewed by Pitchfork have revealed. The civil case, which will come before a Washoe County, Nevada jury on May 28, 2019, was filed on October 23, 2014 and has not previously been reported publicly.

A woman identified as Jane Doe filed the civil suit against RiFF RAFF (birth name: Horst Christian Simco) and his frequent collaborator DollaBillGates (Eric Lasaan Bing), and accuses them of sexual assault, sexual battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, false imprisonment, and civil conspiracy tied to an incident that took place in the early morning of August 31, 2014. (At the time of the alleged incident, RiFF RAFF, then 32, was arguably at the height of his popularity; one week earlier, he made national headlines for attending the MTV Video Music Awards with Katy Perry.) The accuser is asking for at least $12 million in damages to cover medical expenses, lost wages, physical, emotional, and psychological trauma, legal costs, and more. (Jane Doe’s legal team declined to comment for this article.)

Court documents reveal conflicting stories about the alleged incident. On August 30, 2014, Jane Doe, then 21, and an acquaintance (identified in documents as Sara) attended a RiFF RAFF concert at the Bunny Ranch Bar & Cigar in Mound House, Nevada after they had finished working as dancers at bachelor parties earlier in the night. After the show, they waited outside the venue, “hoping to meet [RiFF RAFF]... because they were fans of some of his music,” according to the complaint.

After meeting RiFF RAFF and DollaBillGates, Jane Doe and Sara went with them to a bungalow at the Bunny Ranch, the famous brothel adjacent to the venue. Once in the room, RiFF RAFF allegedly laid out lines of cocaine. In an interview with Detective Marty Dues of the Lyon County Sheriff's Office in Nevada on November 21, 2014, the transcript of which was submitted to the court, Jane Doe said that RiFF RAFF and DollaBillGates used the cocaine, and that she and Sara did not. (According to court filings, DollaBillGates and Sara later told the same detective that all four of them used cocaine and drank alcohol that night; RiFF RAFF has not admitted to any drug use.)

Jane Doe claimed that RiFF RAFF then took a bag full of the cash that the women had earned earlier that night and started to stack it. According to the complaint, he allegedly told Jane Doe and Sara, “If you want this money back, you are both going to fuck me,” and, “If you don’t, you’re not going to like what’s going to happen and you are not getting your precious money back.”

In the same interview with Detective Dues, Jane Doe described an intimidating environment in which RiFF RAFF told the women how much money they could make (for him and themselves) by working for him. Jane Doe also told the detective that DollaBillGates was physically blocking the door to the room, preventing them from leaving as RiFF RAFF was talking to them.

According to the complaint, Jane Doe said that the women agreed to have sex with RiFF RAFF to get their money back. She alleged that both women performed oral sex on RiFF RAFF and had vaginal intercourse with him. Jane Doe also claimed that RiFF RAFF forced her to perform oral sex on DollaBillGates, saying, “Bitch, do you want your money or not?” and, “then do what you’re fucking told.” She said that after both rappers finished, they gave them their money back.