An unnamed woman has accused rock star and composer Danny Elfman of sexual abuse in a new lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court.
The lawsuit, obtained by Rolling Stone and The Hollywood Reporter, names Elfman and his company Musica de la Muerta as defendants on charges of sexual assault, gender violence, intentional infliction of emotional distress, sexual harassment and negligence.
In the lawsuit, the woman, who goes by the name Jane Doe XX, claims that she first met Elfman in 1997 when she was a 21-year-old student at the New York Film Academy. Elfman, who was 47 at the time, was well known as the frontman for the ’80s new wave band Oingo Boingo and from his work on multiple Tim Burton films such as “The Nightmare Before Christmas” as well as TV shows such as “The Simpsons.