For individuals who are unaware, in November 2017, Maria Grand started covertly sending a number of variations of the letter(s) to the aforementioned people, falsely accusing me of rape, kidnapping, and sexual assault. Grand (and the numerous people she conspired with) made it their mission to forestall me from working. Opposite to what Weiner wrote, Grand did determine me by title to virtually all recipients. Had Weiner vetted Grand (or contacted me), she would have realized this.

Weiner would have additionally found that Grand spent years in a consensual relationship with me, which many knew about but mentioned nothing towards. This relationship turned bitter after I rejected Grand’s need that I depart my spouse and marry Grand. From there, issues grew worse, devolving into threats to hurt my profession, which she later made good on through her letter(s).

In an effort to whitewash Grand’s letter(s), Weiner ignored a number of felony accusations of three years of repeated pressured intercourse, as a substitute falsely portraying Grand as by no means claiming that our relationship was something however consensual.

Weiner: “Coleman replied with a extra broadly distributed and significantly extra express letter of his personal, which included a slew of private textual content exchanges supposed to show that it had been a consensual relationship—though Grand had by no means claimed in any other case.”

The “textual content exchanges” are of Grand constantly asking me for intercourse, all through the identical three-year time interval that Grand falsely claimed she didn’t need ANY intercourse with me, proving that she knowingly lied. Grand’s letter, falsely describing me forcing her to have intercourse and mendacity that I advised her that she owed me a “lifetime of pu**y,” is just not express?

Listed here are examples of the felony accusations in Grand’s accusation letter(s):

“In September 2013 he broke up with me … By that time, although, I wasn’t in love with him anymore. I didn’t need to be intimate with him anymore. That interval is when the sexual harassment began.” Doc 87-1

What Grand refers to as “sexual harassment” is admittedly pressured, undesirable intercourse, allegedly obtained by way of extortion and coercion, for 3 years (October 2013 via September 2016). The next “express” accusations of pressured intercourse in Grand’s letter(s) have been introduced to the district choose however by no means referenced or quoted in his ruling:

“Nevertheless within the final three years of my interplay with him, I’ve been sexually harassed and pushed into saying sure to sexual acts I didn’t need to do.” Doc 102-4

“Each time he supplied me extra work, he would wait till I truly slept with him to solidify the dates.” Doc 87-1

“On tour I must sleep with him on the finish of the day lest him be completely indignant and typically refuse to rehearse the band the following day.” Doc 87-1

Coerced, extorted, undesirable intercourse is a federal crime known as sexual abuse — 18 U.S. Code part 2242 — generally known as rape.

“Rape is a kind of sexual assault involving sexual activity or different types of sexual penetration carried out towards an individual with out their consent. The act could also be carried out by bodily pressure, coercion, abuse of authority …” (Wikipedia)

Harvard Professor Vijay Iyer, whom I mentored, conspired with Grand to hurt my profession. Iyer, a ringleader conspirator, required no proof, selecting as a substitute to reflexively consider Grand with out a shred of proof. Personal communications obtained through subpoena later revealed that I used to be presumed to be responsible, whereas Grand was presumed to be a sufferer, merely based mostly on our bodily appearances — Grand is a young- er white lady, and I’m an older Black man. Statements made towards me and three different Black male musicians surfaced in personal communications written by Iyer. Iyer has for years refused to publicly deal with each this assertion and his position in serving to Grand to hurt my profession.

In November 2017, Grand and Iyer assembled a gaggle of 25 musicians and journalists, a couple of third of whom (all non-Black members) covertly plotted to destroy my profession. Subpoena paperwork reveal that Grand manipulated this group from behind the scenes. But in her deposition, Grand repeatedly lied below oath, denied contacting journalists, denied receiving assist enhancing her letter(s), made no point out of her a number of conspiracies to hurt me, and issued many different lies, apparently unconcerned about perjury.

Grand additionally lied to key allies, akin to Iyer, telling them that she was solely sending her letter(s) to buddies whereas truly distributing to influential promoters and journalists. Grand lied that I abused and bodily beat my ex-wife, the good pianist Geri Allen. Grand particularly sought out journalists (New York Instances, two from NPR, New York Every day Information) to publish articles on her false accusations, which she admitted in deposition testimony she knew would injury my profession. The falsehoods in Weiner’s JazzTimes article amplified this hurt.

Grand’s letter(s) created a lynch mob with their sights set on me, a Black American man (virtually all who assisted Grand have been non-Black). As soon as I moved to defend myself towards her false accusations, Grand’s weaponizing of #MeToo gained her monetary backing to cowl her public relations efforts and authorized protection. Grand knew that in America, few would consider that any Black man accused of raping a white lady was harmless, particularly inside an surroundings the place a number of males have been being canceled.

After all, I wish to be presumed harmless till confirmed responsible. Nevertheless, in my lifetime, I’ve realized that harmless till confirmed responsible is uncommon for Black folks. Thus, I’ve pro- vided a hyperlink to mountains of proof proving that Maria Grand’s felony accusations of pressured intercourse, kidnapping, and sexual assault have been knowingly false.

Each Grand and her unethical attorneys know that she is mendacity. The proof is overwhelming. Their solely likelihood is to silence me and maintain this dispute from going to a public trial. One can’t merely make felony accusations figuring out that they’re false. That is some Emmett Until shit. Grand and her co-conspirators wished to destroy my profession through eliciting emotional outrage, with out proof. Evaluate the proof on the QR hyperlink under. Make up your personal thoughts.